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16/05/2018

Soft power and information warfare: Influence operation of the great powers (DIEEEA18-2018)

Spies may seem like a throwback to the first days of world wars and cold wars, but they are more prolific than ever. But if there is something really dangerous is the association of fraudulently obtaining mass business or personal information, its processing and, in some cases, its subsequent filtering through the press and social networks.

Both the American operations in the revolutions of colors or Arab springs, such as those of Russia in the referendum for the BREXIT or the US elections 2016, are examples of the application of influence operations. In the Russian case, old Soviet practices that have adapted to new technologies and have applied them to current scenarios.

Author: Emilio Sánchez de Rojas Díaz

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