https://taiwanstrait.com/tags/information-warfare/ Recent content in Information Warfare on Taiwan Strait Hugo en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://taiwanstrait.com/cognitive-warfare-chinas-information-operations-against-taiwans-will-to-resist/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://taiwanstrait.com/cognitive-warfare-chinas-information-operations-against-taiwans-will-to-resist/ <p>The most important battle in a Taiwan conflict may be fought before the first missile is launched, on platforms that do not appear in military order-of-battle assessments, by actors who are never uniformed and never identifiable. China&rsquo;s information operations against Taiwan are not a supplement to its military strategy. They are the precondition for making the military strategy work. A Taiwanese population that has been sufficiently demoralized, divided, and confused about what is actually happening and who can be trusted is a population that provides less political support for resistance, less capacity for civil defense mobilization, and less coherent pressure on allied governments to intervene.</p>