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Illegal Information Operations
I was discussing IO legalities with a number of students a few weeks ago and it occurred to me that sometimes IO can be illegal. I asked a group of experts ‘what laws apply to IO’? The answers were...
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Who or what downed the RQ-170?
Image via Wikipedia Iran is claiming that an electronic warfare unit downed a US RQ-170 by a “cyber attack“. I had to smile as I mulled through all the various permutations of how this could be...
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Washington DC is a World of Grey
definition (Photo credit: nachetz) We cannot attack another country as a result of a cyberattack unless the attribution is clear, we need proof. We cannot call anything a cyber attack because it is not...
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On Measures of Effectiveness
English: Emblem of Afghanistan Deutsch: Wappen Afghanistans Български: Емблема на Афганистан Slovenščina: Državni grb Afganistana Српски / Srpski: Državni grb Afganistana (Photo credit: Wikipedia) News...
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On IO Blogs
Side view of a U.S. Air Force O-2 of the 9th Special Operations Squadron dropping Chieu Hoi leaflets over the Republic of Vietnam. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I received a comment today to an ancient...
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More Details about the Letter to the Secretary of State about Public Diplomacy
Yesterday I wrote a blog piece about the letter written to the US Secretary of State John Kerry, here, recommending that a Foreign Service Officer (FSO) should be recommended for the Undersecretary of...
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Innovating at the Speed of News
The Broadcasting Board of Governors is pleased to invite you to our digital innovation expo: Innovating at the Speed of News Come learn how this U.S. government-funded international news and...
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The Future of Cyberwar – Better or Worse?
Yesterday I gave a lecture at the Washington DC campus of Bahçeşehir University, about one block from the White House. A number of undergraduate students and one PhD candidate, studying Strategic...
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Take Russia off the Permanent Security Council at the UN?
I saw this graphic and I really must wonder if the premise is correct. Russia is doing all sorts of bad things, sponsoring terrorism is one of the worst, destabilizing East Europe is another and...
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