Irregular Warfare: Winning the Cognitive Domain ^57.8%

Center for Strategic and International Studies - By Erol Yayboke, Nickolas Wilcox - 6/18/2026, 12:00 PM

Indoctrination 32.1% - Framing Effect 13.8% - False Dilemma 12%

The United States has repeatedly proven its ability to execute decisive kinetic strikes. Adversaries understand this, which is why they increasingly avoid conventional confrontation. Instead, they operate in the space of irregular warfare: leveraging autonomous systems, conducting cyber and infrastructure attacks, and directing cognitive... more