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Competing for Influence: Operations in the Information Environment

Andrew Milburn and Shawna Sinnott | 01.16.21

Information in its many forms has become a significant component of national power—the primary medium of competition between the United States and its adversaries.

Our guests today are both experts in their respective fields, each looking at this competition from opposing perspectives—one as a practitioner focused on the employment of military information power toward US national security goals, the other as a political scientist and historian who has investigated the strategic use of disinformation against the United States.

Lt. Gen. Lori Reynolds and Dr. Thomas Rid discuss how this campaign for influence is waged below the threshold of armed conflict. What are the rules of this domain, the risks and the opportunities, and the best methods for achieving dominance? From a national security perspective, what are the challenges in planning a campaign focused on competition short of war? Is the United States as a democratic society at a disadvantage in this competition—or are there ways that it can turn the tables on its adversaries? Our guests explore these topics in a frank and fascinating conversation that reveals the critical role played by information in every aspect of national security.

https://mwi.usma.edu/competing-for-influence-operations-in-the-information-environment/