information warfare

En terminos empiricos, la Netwar produjo un replanteamiento de las estrategias militares pensadas en forma arcaica bajo el axioma de "gana el que tiene la bomba mas grande" (Pisani 2002, 18).

(53) John Arquilla, David Ronfeldt and Michele Zanini, "Networks, Netwar, and Information-Age Terrorism", Lesser et.

Lawfare builds upon netwar as seen in two specific elements that were missing (or incomplete) from the Chiapas case: intent and means.

In this essay, Arquilla sets out some guidance for the conduct of netwar. Many small units--"platoons" of fifty soldiers--will prove more effective than larger formations, a point he illustrates with the American use of small outposts in Baghdad limit to violence in Iraq.

The Netwar type of terorism manifests itself by small--scale actions, in which terrorist groups based on modern doctrines, strategies and technologies, use organisational structures in the form of networks that are adapted to the information era.

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(4.) John Arquilla and David Ronfeldt, "The underside of Netwar," Institute of Public Affairs Review 54, no.

(37) While one might criticize this interpretation by pointing out that secular elements (i.e., Ba'athists) have also formed alliances of convenience (i.e., "netwar" tactics) with militant Islamists (38), it is probable that such unions would not take place if the former believed that a non-violent option was available.

Al-Qaeda's methods in Iraq have been described as 'netwar' where cells or individuals gravitate towards each other to carry out terrorist armed attacks.

Netwar (Revisited), in NETWORKS AND NETWARS: THE FUTURE OF TERROR, CRIME

Most influentially, Arquilla, Ronfeldt, and Zanini in 1999 outlined the new terrorist model of "netwar": a model of terrorist organizations in which hierarchical command structures have morphed into new, flatter arrangements.

The RAND Corporation counterinsurgency article described this new variant as netwar: ...

Aimed at attendees such as corporate security professionals, law enforcement officials, and government representatives responsible for planning, implementing, and managing responses to terrorist threats, the conference will focus on topics such as nontraditional partnerships between intelligence and the private sector; defending corporate executives overseas; information technology and the threat of "netwar"--the exploitation of the Web for terrorist recruitment and operations; mitigating threats against the agricultural infrastructure, bioterrorism; insider threats; post-9-11 security recommendations; and building European partnerships.