Influence

Influence

Mar
05
The Radicalisation Spectrum: How an Individual’s Susceptibility to Influence – Not Ideology – Incubates Radicalisation Towards Non-violent and Violent Extremism

The Radicalisation Spectrum: How an Individual’s Susceptibility to Influence – Not Ideology – Incubates Radicalisation Towards Non-violent and Violent Extremism

... in group-based environments, radicalisation occurs on an ideologically-agnostic omni-directional spectrum of engagement vs disengagement where susceptibility to influence is a precursor to violent extremism.
1 min read
Dec
13
The Battlefield Within: The information war has many targets, its most valuable is you

The Battlefield Within: The information war has many targets, its most valuable is you

Operations in the information environment (OIE) are experiencing something of a renaissance thanks to social media and the democratisation of
1 min read
Jul
01
NATO in 2040: An Information Odyssey

NATO in 2040: An Information Odyssey

This paper was written for NATO’s Innovation Hub as part of their Warfighting in 2040 report. All rights are
25 min read
Jan
30
The Fake News Kung Fu

The Fake News Kung Fu

Absolutely. Critical for all organizations, especially those that exist to help people and communities. https://t.co/JNI4bVsEnL — Siobhan Heanue
6 min read
Jan
28

Why taking a scorched-earth approach to social media companies won't win the war on terror.

This article first appeared in the LexisNexis Rule of Law Digest in December 2019 (Volume 8, Issue 2).
Jun
22

Influence Wars

This article is based on a presentation I delivered as part of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s (ASPI) War
9 min read
Sep
24

Strawberry Terrorism: Why ISIS are interested in Australia’s Strawberry Crisis

ISIS have published a series of propaganda posters in an attempt to turn one of our favourite sweet fruits into a game of edible Russian roulette.
5 min read
Apr
16

The power of info ops for-good campaigns

The term ‘information operations' or ‘info ops’ is usually used in a military context to describe operational influence activities designed to degrade an enemy's capability and impact their decision making.
8 min read
Nov
18

The Content Wars: my article for 'NATO Review'

This open-source intelligence investigation found that so-called Islamic State run a sophisticated peer-to-peer network, which is worlds apart from the perception that ‘social media’ alone radicalises young men and women.
7 min read
Apr
20
Information Wars: Fighting Words with Action

Information Wars: Fighting Words with Action

Social cohesion needs to be less talk more action; our leaders must demonstrate a clear intent to authentically embrace the multicultural fabric of Australia. That isn't something you can talk about -it's something that must be done.
2 min read