Terrorism And Advanced Technologies In Psychological Warfare

Advanced technologies in the contemporary society enable many social problems to be resolved. However, due to the imperfect nature of social relations in human society, these technologies are very often used against human security and public interest. One of the most obvious and dangerous expressions of such usage is the activity of terrorist organizations, which potentially threatens the very foundations of democracy and social security This book is a first attempt to analyze the current practice and future risks of high-tech psychological warfare waged by terrorists on a national and cross-border basis. An international team of authors from eleven countries assesses the quantitative and qualitative development of the psychological impact of terrorists on their target audiences, taking into account the wider context of global social, economic and political shifts and acute geopolitical contradictions. The book also presents new understandings on methods of countering the psychological impact of terrorists on modern society. These methods include a wide range of technical and social tools - from philosophical concepts and cultural theories to the use of artificial intelligence to prevent terrorism and ensure psychological security of society and its progressive democratic development. It should be clarified that the implementation of advanced technologies by terrorists in the broad sense of the word is based on the contradictory social role of these technologies today and in the foreseeable future.

The modern means of communication have turned the world into an information fishbowl and, in terms of foreign policy and national security in post-Cold War power politics, helped transform international power politics. Information operations (IO), in which time zones are as important as national boundaries, is the use of modern technology to deliver critical information and influential content in an effort to shape perceptions, manage opinions, and control behavior. Contemporary IO differs from traditional psychological operations practiced by nation-states, because the availability of low-cost high technology permits nongovernmental organizations and rogue elements, such as terrorist groups, to deliver influential content of their own as well as facilitates damaging cyber-attacks ("hactivism") on computer networks and infrastructure. As current vice president Dick Cheney once said, such technology has turned third-class powers into first-class threats. Conceived as a textbook by instructors at the Joint Command, Control, and Information Warfare School of the U.S. Joint Forces Staff College and involving IO experts from several countries, this book fills an important gap in the literature by analyzing under one cover the military, technological, and psychological aspects of information operations. The general reader will appreciate the examples taken from recent history that reflect the impact of IO on U.S. foreign policy, military operations, and government organization.

This handbook focuses on new threats to psychological security that are posed by the malicious use of AI and how it can be used to counteract such threats. Studies on the malicious use of AI through deepfakes, agenda setting, sentiment analysis and affective computing and so forth, provide a visual representation of the various forms and methods of malicious influence on the human psyche, and through this on the political, economic, cultural processes, the activities of state and non-state institutions. Separate chapters examine the malicious use of AI in geopolitical confrontation, political campaigns, strategic deception, damage to corporate reputation, and activities of extremist and terrorist organizations. This is a unique volume that brings together a multidisciplinary range of established scholars and upcoming new researchers from 11 countries. This handbook is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and professionals interested in this new and developing field of social practice and knowledge.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has augmented human activities and unlocked opportunities for many sectors of the economy. It is used for data management and analysis, decision making, and many other aspects. As with most rapidly advancing technologies, law is often playing a catch up role so the study of how law interacts with AI is more critical now than ever before. This book provides a detailed qualitative exploration into regulatory aspects of AI in industry. Offering a unique focus on current practice and existing trends in a wide range of industries where AI plays an increasingly important role, the work contains legal and technical analysis performed by 15 researchers and practitioners from different institutions around the world to provide an overview of how AI is being used and regulated across a wide range of sectors, including aviation, energy, government, healthcare, legal, maritime, military, music, and others. It addresses the broad range of aspects, including privacy, liability, transparency, justice, and others, from the perspective of different jurisdictions. Including a discussion of the role of AI in industry during the Covid-19 pandemic, the chapters also offer a set of recommendations for optimal regulatory interventions. Therefore, this book will be of interest to academics, students and practitioners interested in technological and regulatory aspects of AI.

Technē’s Paradox—a frequent theme in science fiction—is the commonplace belief that technology has both the potential to annihilate humanity and to preserve it. Advocating Weapons, War, and Terrorism looks at how this paradox applies to some of the most dangerous of technologies: population bombs, dynamite bombs, chemical weapons, nuclear weapons, and improvised explosive devices. Hill’s study analyzes the rhetoric used to promote such weapons in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. By examining Thomas R. Malthus’s Essay on the Principle of Population, the courtroom address of accused Haymarket bomber August Spies, the army textbook Chemical Warfare by Major General Amos A. Fries and Clarence J. West, the life and letters of Manhattan Project physicist Leo Szilard, and the writings of Ted “Unabomber” Kaczynski, Hill shows how contemporary societies are equipped with abundant rhetorical means to describe and debate the extreme capacities of weapons to both destroy and protect. The book takes a middle-way approach between language and materialism that combines traditional rhetorical criticism of texts with analyses of the persuasive force of weapons themselves, as objects, irrespective of human intervention. Advocating Weapons, War, and Terrorism is the first study of its kind, revealing how the combination of weapons and rhetoric facilitated the magnitude of killing in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and illuminating how humanity understands and acts upon its propensity for violence. This book will be invaluable for scholars of rhetoric, scholars of science and technology, and the study of warfare.

A critical and multifaceted analysis of the problems created by the politics and communicated representation of contemporary warfare.

Actors in the cyber sphere include countries’ armed forces, intelligence organizations, legal authorities, and natural and legal persons. Cyber War is defined as the intrusion by one state to destroy or disrupt the computer systems or networks of another state. It is defined as “the sort of warfare in which computer systems are employed to damage or destroy adversary systems” in the United Nations Glossary, in the same way as information warfare. Cyber warfare moves at a breakneck speed. It’s a global phenomenon that occurs before the traditional battleground. In order to counter cyber crimes and related issues, more studies needed to improve our understanding, inform policies and develop and strengthen cooperation between individuals, institutions and countries. All states need to take constitutional, legal, technical and administrative measures on cybersecurity. For this purpose, “national virtual environment security policies” should be developed and constantly updated. National information security should be given utmost importance. A cyber security awareness culture should be established and supported by regional and global international institutions and organizations. A common understanding on cyber security needs to be adopted at all levels. CONTENTS PREFACE PART 1. INTERNATIONAL LAW AND CYBER ENVIRONMENT CYBER ENVIRONMENT – Serkan Yenal and Naci Akdemir CYBER NEGOTIATIONS THROUGH THE LENSES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW – Öncel Sençerman PART 2. CYBER POLICIES OF THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND STATES CONCEPTUAL AND NORMATIVE BASIS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION’S CYBERSECURITY – Neziha Musaoğlu and Neriman Hocaoğlu Bahadır FRANCE’S CYBER SECURITY POLICIES – Ahmet Emre Köker TURKEY’S CYBER SECURITY POLICIES – Ozan Örmeci, Eren Alper Yılmaz, and Ahmet Emre Köker PART 3. CYBER SECURITY AND WARFARE THE IMPACTS OF USING CYBER ENVIRONMENT AS A DOMAIN IN MODERN WARFARE: CYBER-ATTACKS AND CYBER SECURITY – Murat Pınar and Soyalp Tamçelik HOW CAN CYBER SECURITY BE ENSURED IN THE GLOBAL CYBERSPACE? – Hüsmen Akdeniz DIGITAL NON-STATE ACTORS IN CYBER CONFLICTS: HOW THE HACKTIVISTS AND CYBER SOLDIERS CHANGE THE FUTURE – Cansu Arisoy Gedik CYBERATTACK THREAT AGAINST CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES AND ENERGY SECURITY – Cemal Kakisim CYBER TERRORISM IN NEW GENERATION WAR CONCEPT – Yunus Karaağaç SECURITY OF HUMANITARIAN ORGANISATIONS IN CYBERSPACE – Aslı Şirin HUMAN SECURITY AND POSSIBLE INFLUENCE OF CYBERTHREATS ON DEMOCRACY: CASE OF GHANA -Burak Şakir Şeker and Harun Abubakar Siddique NEW BATTLEFIELD BETWEEN CHINA AND THE USA: CYBERSPACE – Dogan Safak Polat RUSSIAN FEDERATION’S CYBER ​​WARFARE CAPABILITIES – Ahmet Sapmaz CYBER SECURITY ENVIRONMENT IN THE GULF OF GUINEA – Burak Şakir Şeker, Hasret Çomak, and Harun Abubakar Siddique PART 4. TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS AND CYBER SECURITY THE EFFECTS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ON CYBERSECURITY – Erol Demir and Fahri Erenel CYBER SECURITY IN DISASTER AND RISK MANAGEMENT – Levent Uzunçıbuk MEDIA AND CYBER SECURITY RISKS – Emine Kılıçaslan RISKS AND CYBER SECURITY AT MUSEUMS – Şengül Aydıngün and Haldun Aydıngün PART 5. CYBER WORLD, CYBER CULTURE, AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT OF FOREIGN TRADE AND COOPERATION: INSTITUTIONS, STRATEGIES, TECHNOLOGIES – Natalia Yevchenko A BLOCK CHAIN-BASED APPLICATION IN CYBER ECONOMIC SYSTEM: NFT – Duygu Yücel THE PHENOMENON OF DIGITIZATION IN THE TURKISH BANKING SYSTEM, RISKS AND SOLUTIONS IN THE FIELD OF CYBER SECURITY – Hatice Nur Germir INSECURITY SYNDROME IN DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT – Hüseyin Çelik CYBER SECURITY: A PERSPECTIVE FROM ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY – Merve Mamacı THE FAR-RIGHT AND SOCIAL MEDIA – Hüseyin Pusat Kıldiş