Digital Image-warfare: Military and Political Perspective Media strategy determines how to represent the image of one's own national leadership, including how to handle cross-media platforms and respond to global crises. For example, President Biden is perceived as a leader who has endeavored to support both Ukrainian and Western interests, potentially garnering more sympathy from Western citizens. Digital Image Warfare is not a novel concept for students of global affairs and modern warfare studies. A prominent instance in US strategic history, illustrating the implementation of its agenda through cooperative consensus building by UNSC authorization during the US-led Operation Desert Storm, was the utilization of Western media in the 1990 Gulf War. The American airpower deployed to defend Kuwait from the Iraqi military was widely welcomed. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, both American and Western media sought to enhance the perception of US leadership ...
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NATO membership for Nordic States : An Aspiration from the historical pages Sweden and Finland are progressively establishing a distinctive position among NATO partners as they confront the escalating challenge of defending the Baltics. This analysis introduces the concept of the 'informal ally,' as opposed to the 'formal ally,' to elucidate the evolving roles of Sweden and Finland in addressing the security concerns in the Baltic region. The geopolitical significance of the Nordic countries within the context of NATO, the European Security Architecture, and the broader geopolitical influence of the United States is noteworthy. Norway, positioned in the western and northern extremities of the Scandinavian Peninsula, encompasses the arctic island of Jan Mayen and the Svalbard Archipelago. Renowned for its abundant natural resources, including oil, picturesque fjords, and mountainous terrain, Norway boasts a highly developed economy. Sweden, the largest an...
Social Media Influence in US politics: a tool of Soft Persuasion Social media serves as a tool for subversion and surveillance, impacting policy-making, the interests of allies and friends, and the political landscape. The use of social media data is sometimes employed for political manipulation, influencing the general public during electoral polls by shaping the agenda of national politics and altering the narrative for the masses through easy connectivity. This includes the brainwashing of political followers to serve immediate interests. The relationship between citizens and politics becomes intricate, where citizens may use politics for their own interests, or politics may exploit citizens for their own gains. Understanding the domestic political persuasion of any country in the development of a few decades is a complex task. Diehl, Barnidge, and Zúñiga have focused on "The connection between political persuasion and social media news on social-technical pl...