CCHT members attended SiSPoW executed by the DOD’s Information Strategy Research Center from June 28-30 at the Naval Postgraduate School. The annual three-day event gathered individual speakers, panelists, and diverse participants to address all facets of operations in the information environment, which included narratives, psychological operations, influence operations, space operations, cyberspace operations, and cognitive warfare, among many others, with a current focus on strategic competition and integrated deterrence. 

Discussions centered on PRC and Russian information and influence operations in regions that have been getting less exposure with the war in Ukraine and Chinese saber-rattling in Taiwan making constant headlines. Panels included OIE research for four regions (the Arctic, Greater Central Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Latin America/the Caribbean), as well as the state of wargaming and assessments, and emerging technology in the IE which is rapidly changing the information battlefield. Additional presentations covered the Ukraine conflict, INDOPACOM region, an overview of the Joint MISO WebOps Center, and a civilian’s persecutive on public diplomacy and communications.

This year’s goal was to encourage research collaboration among various scholars and projects in order to better inform the force and other policymakers regarding operations in the information environment.

For more information about the symposium visit here.