Disrupting the Nation as Self: Russia’s Attack on Ukrainian Ontological Security through Information Warfare
Abstract:
Existing research in the field of Ontological Security Theory (OST) within international relations (IR) explores the self in relation to the identity of the individual and of statehood. This article conceptualizes Russian Information Warfare (RIW), premised on OST, as the method utilized in its information-psychological operations against states. Russia seeks to redefine the identity of states through societal erosion, committing historical revisionism, while replacing existing international structures with a civilizational multipolar worldview. From this perspective, Russia conducts information operations against Ukraine, waging RIW against democratic values and the minds of the people, regardless of combatant status.
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Intelligence and Security Studies Augusta University
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Ocean Celestino is a graduate student studying for her Master of Arts in Intelligence and Security Studies at Augusta University. She is a graduate assistant for research and writing in fields related to defense, intelligence, and international relations. Her research interests include information warfare, cognitive warfare, narrative influence, human and AI decision making, and global security.
Intelligence and Security Studies Augusta University
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Craig Douglas Albert, PhD is a Professor of Political Science and the Graduate Director of the PhD in Intelligence, Defense, and Cybersecurity Policy and of the Master of Arts in Intelligence and Security Studies at Augusta University. He received his PhD from the University of Connecticut in 2009. His areas of concentration include international security studies, cybersecurity policy, information warfare/influence operations/ propaganda, ethnic conflict, cyberterrorism and cyberwar, and political philosophy.
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Journal of Information Warfare
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