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With
Emerson T. Brooking
Presenting:
I. A Definition of Terms
II. TMI
III. War in the Open
IV. The War You Cannot See
V. The New Battlefield
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I. A Definition of Terms
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What is LikeWar?
1) A contest of psychological and
algorithmic manipulation, fought through
competing viral events
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What is LikeWar?
2) A new mode of political and military
conflict, premised on the command of
attention
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Disintermediation
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II. TMI
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Secrecy c. 1944
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Secrecy c. 2011
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Secrecy c. 2019
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Secrecy c. 2019
Michael Sheldon, Digital Forensic Research Lab
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Secrecy c. 2019
Michael Sheldon, Digital Forensic Research Lab
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III. War in the Open
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Theater Is Everything
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Everything Is Theater
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Performative Violence
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All the World’s a Stage
“The street is no longer limited
to the perceptual horizon
of the person walking down it.”
- Gordon and Silva, Net Locality (2011)
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Diplomacy as Theater
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War as Theater
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IV. The War You Cannot See
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The “Russia Thing”
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The Russian Revolution
“Extremist organizations actively employ modern technologies, including…the Internet, to spread extremist material, to attract new members into their ranks, and to coordinate illegal activity.” - 2013 Concept For Security of the Society
“[The principle threat is the] combined use of military force and political, economic, information, and other non-military means that are realized by extensive use of the protest potential of the population and special forces.” - 2014 Military Doctrine
Russia 2011
Ukraine 2014
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The Russian Revolution The main directions of information security national defense area are: a) strategic deterrence and prevention of military Conflicts that may arise as a result of
information technologies; b) improving the provision of information system security of the Russian Federation
Armed Forces, other troops, military formations and bodies, including the strength and resources information warfare;
c) forecasting, detection and evaluation of information threats, including threats to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation the information sphere;
d) promote the protection of the interests of the Allies The Russian Federation in the information sphere;
e) neutralization of information and psychological impact, including those aimed at undermining the foundations and historical patriotic traditions associated with the defense of the fatherland.
- 2016 Information Security Doctrine
The Russian RevolutionThe main directions of information security national defense area are: a) strategic deterrence and prevention of military Conflicts that may arise as a result of
information technologies; b) improving the provision of information system security of the Russian Federation
Armed Forces, other troops, military formations and bodies, including the strength and resources information warfare;
c) forecasting, detection and evaluation of information threats, including threats to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation the information sphere;
d) promote the protection of the interests of the Allies The Russian Federation in the information sphere;
e) neutralization of information and psychological impact, including those aimed at undermining the foundations and historical patriotic traditions associated with the defense of the fatherland.
- 2016 Information Security Doctrine
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“Troll Factories”
“We wrote about 200 comments and 20 news posts each day…
…I bought myself a Mazda Six.”
- Anonymous Russian Troll
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War By Other Memes
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On the Outside
Twitter Retweet Network Graph, #BlackLivesMatter + 2016 Shooting Events
Kate Starbird, “The Trolls Within,” October 20, 2018
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On the Inside
Kate Starbird, “The Trolls Within,” October 20, 2018
Twitter Retweet Network Graph, #BlackLivesMatter + 2016 Shooting Events
(plus Russian IRA Troll Accounts)
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The Goal
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V. The New Battlefield
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Digital Empires
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500
Christianity
China
India
United States
Population (in Millions)
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The Vision
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The Reality
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President 2.0
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Through the Looking Glass
“The goal wasn’t to create an online community,
but a mirror
of what existed in real life.”
- Mark Zuckerberg, 2004
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With
Emerson T. Brooking
Thank You!