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Political warfare

Political warfare is the intentional use of non-combat methods, such as diplomacy, misinformation, and economics, to affect the decision making of governments. Other tactics to influence policy making include cyber attacks, and propaganda campaigns. Psychological operations are for strategic and tactical military objectives and may be intended for…

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Political warfare

Nodes81
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Avg. degree1.98
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related to history · 26
Political warfare → Alexander, All, Ancient Rome, CE, Chi Rho, Christ, Christian Church, Christianity, Cicero, Constantine, Constantine's, During, Following, Great, Greece, Greek, Greeks, Hellenic, In, One
related to Taiwan · 17
Political warfare → Both, Chiang Kai-shek's, China Government, Communist, Communist Chinese, General Political Warfare Department, In, Kuomintang, Ministry, National Defense, Nationalist, Soviet, Sun Yat-sen, Taiwan, The Nationalist Chinese, The Republic, Whampoa Military Academy
related to Further reading · 15
Political warfare → Barnett, Carnes Lord, Frank, Janos Radvanyi, Long-term Strategic Planning, National Defense University Press, National Strategy Information Center, On Political War, Paul, Praeger, Psychological Operations, Publications, Rethinking, Smith, US Approach
related to China · 14
Political warfare → CCP, China, China's, Chinese Communist Party, India, People's Republic, Political, PRC, Since, Taiwan, Taiwan's, The CCP, The PRC's, United Front Work Department
related to Concept · 11
Political warfare → After World War II, CIA, Eastern Bloc, Great Depression, Meanwhile, Political, Soviet Union, The, Thomas Rid, United States, World Wars
see also · 4
Political warfare → Active, OperationUnconventional, Politics, Warfare ExecutivePropagandaPsychological
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Political warfare → intentional use of non-combat methods

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political warfare soviet propaganda war government national influence operations united used american policy also campaign psychological military taiwan china states

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Political warfareis aintentional use of non-combat methods0.90text
the doctrine of China's peaceful riseinstance ofPolitical warfare encompasses influence operations0.80text
social media campaigns to reshape public opinion in other countries about China.Taiwan remains a major target of PRC political warfare effortsinstance ofPolitical warfare encompasses influence operations0.80text
Political warfarerelated to ChinaSince0.60section
Political warfarerelated to ChinaPeople's Republic0.60section
Political warfarerelated to ChinaChina0.60section
Political warfarerelated to ChinaPRC0.60section
Political warfarerelated to ChinaChinese Communist Party0.60section
Political warfarerelated to ChinaCCP0.60section
Political warfarerelated to ChinaUnited Front Work Department0.60section
Political warfarerelated to ChinaThe CCP0.60section
Political warfarerelated to ChinaPolitical0.60section

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