Through their eyes: Rethinking the role of information operations in counterinsurgency scholarship and strategy

西方反叛乱部队经常在“信息战”中输给军事和经济上处于劣势的叛乱部队。该项目探讨了为什么以及如何证明叛乱对手往往在塑造当地居民的看法和赢得他们的支持方面具有上级优势。通过对东帝汶、伊拉克和阿富汗的案例研究，该项目确定了叛乱信息行动的关键战略支柱，以便批判性地分析和修订信息行动在反叛乱理论和实践中的作用。这项研究将促进对冲突期间影响力的社会心理动力学的学术理解，并挑战反叛乱理论和实践的主导趋势。

Western counterinsurgency forces regularly lose the 'information battle' to militarily and economically inferior insurgent forces. This project explores why and how insurgent adversaries often prove superior in shaping the perceptions of local populations and winning their support. Through case studies of East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan, the project identifies the key strategic pillars in insurgent information operations in order to critically analyse and revise the role of information operations in counterinsurgency theory and practice. This research will advance scholarly understanding of the psychosocial dynamics of influence during conflict and challenge dominant trends in counterinsurgency theory and practice.