#137 Vic Garcia and Mike Berger on Information Operations and Intelligence

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During this episode, Vic Garcia and Mike Berger of</span> <a href= "https://www.peraton.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Peraton</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">give a deep dive into IO-related challenges facing the United States and allied nations, plus dynamics between the intelligence and the operations communities, and the importance and current state of IO assessments.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Research Question</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Vic Garcia suggests: How are the Chinese leveraging the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in order to build influence across the globe? What are the implications on US foreign policy?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">[Expanding off of the question above] Mike Berger asserts: What are examples of strategic competitor (Chinese and Russian) efforts to build influence* in different information environments across the globe? How successful have they been in these efforts, and what challenges do they present to US national interests?</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Resources</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-82"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">#82 John DeRosa and Alex del Castillo on Measuring Effectiveness of Operations in the Info