Behavioral influences are critical to any major campaign, and the current conflict in Ukraine is no exception. In this report, the Hague Centre for Strategic Studies explores the tactics that have proven effective at exploiting flaws in human cognition. The impacts on military operations, while difficult to quantify, cannot be ignored.

Staff Sgt. Dylan Ruefle, 25, of Pittsburgh, Penn., a noncommissioned officer from the U.S. Army Reserve’s 303rd Psychological Operations Company, briefs U.S. and Hungarian Soldiers prior to a mission during Allied Spirit 22 in the Joint Multinational Readiness Center training area near Hohenfels, Germany (U.S. Army).
May 9, 2022 | Originally published by Hague Centre for Strategic Studies on April 20, 2022
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