title: Past and Present Russian Information Operations in Ukraine: Competition into Conflict
abstract: Sovereign nation-states seek to ensure the survival and advancement of national goals through cooperation, competition, and conflict. This paper explores the use of irregular warfare prior to and during the transition from competition to conflict as an international tool to assert control over public narratives. This stratagem has been made an increasingly effective tool through means of the Internet. Informational warfare is not a new concept, however, the precedent of operations in the informa
journal: International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security