title: COGNITIVE WARFARE IN THE AGE OF AI: A DESK-BASED STUDY THROUGH NARRATIVE REVIEW, STRATEGIC CASE ANALYSIS, AND GLOBAL POLICY EVALUATION
abstract: This study theorizes cognitive warfare as an intentional and organized form of psychological exploitation, intentionally intensified by artificial intelligence (AI) and used by sovereign states to disrupt democratic solidarity, erode epistemic trust, and change socio-political narratives. We want to show cognitive warfare, not just as information distortion, but as an organized system acting on human cognition through automation, affect, and narrative. This study utilized a desk-based approach a