Title

Invisible Force: Information Warfare and the Future of Conflict

Authors

August Cole
Peter Singer

Document Type

Book

Files

Contributing USMA Research Unit(s)

Army Cyber Institute

Description

The year is 2030. Large swaths of the world are destabilized. Famine is rampant due to the aftermath of the long legacy of failed globalization. Citizens from poorer countries are migrating to escape famine, war, climate change, and lack of opportunity created by failed states. Wealthier countries, worried about resource scarcity, close themselves off to the refugees.

Amid all of this, quantum computing has been achieved, resulting in infinitely faster processing of more information than ever before. Quantum technology and a fracturing of the global alliances enable global elite to exercise control over information - resulting in a segmented Internet. Nations are now ruled by technocratic elites, some who remain committed to individual liberty and privacy, and others who extract data as a raw material from the lives of individuals, with no restrictions on its use other than profit.

By 2030, the nature of information war has changed. Combined with new, ubiquitous technology and levels of individual customization from data extraction, people don’t even realize they’re being manipulated.

Publication Date

2020

Keywords

information warfare, cognitive warfare, influence operations

Recommended Citation

Cole, August and Singer, Peter, "Invisible Force: Information Warfare and the Future of Conflict" (2020). ACI Books & Book Chapters. 28.
https://digitalcommons.usmalibrary.org/aci_books/28