Proactive Influence Operations & the Broken Paradigm of DIME
Proactive Influence Operations & the Broken Paradigm of DIME I noted a few weeks back I’d have a blog on influence operations. The reason for this blog post is because I’ve seen the term “influence operations” bucketized into a bin that equates it mostly with psychological or military information support operations (PsyOPs or MISO). The objective of this post is to provide a different perspective of what influence operations encompass. If we accept my broader premise, proactive influence operations can and will serve as one of the most powerful tools we employ in the Cognitive Domain. It will also mean the end of the D iplomacy, I nformation , M ilitary, and Economics (or DIME) model. The Cognitive Domain is the primary battle ground between freedom, independence and opportunity and tyranny that is exemplified by our great power competitors. The secondary intent of expanding the view of what entails influence oper...