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Impose Costs on Russia in the Information Environment

By Major Travis Florio, U.S. Army
April 2021
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John Arquilla presciently argued in 1993 that warfare is no longer about who has the more superior capital, labor, and technology; rather, victory is determined by who has the best information about the battlefield. Over the past decade, Russian information warfare has become more openly aggressive, and the United States must go on the offensive in the information environment (IE) to deter and disrupt Russia’s strategy. Brazen meddling in the cyber domain cannot continue uncontested, and despite the image of a powerful post–Soviet Union “Russian bear” under Vladimir Putin, Russia has many vulnerabilities ripe for exploitation.

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Major Travis Florio, U.S. Army

Major Florio is a U.S. Army information operations (FA30) officer currently pursuing a master’s degree in information strategy and political warfare at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He recently served in 1st Information Operations Command (Land) as a Field Support Team Leader in Afghanistan and with Cyber Command.

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