Why China is being urged to study Ukraine’s wartime PR blitz in the AI age
Study explores how Kyiv used a series of drone strikes on airbases deep inside Russia as part of its ‘information offensive’
China has been urged to draw on the lessons from Ukraine’s communications as it looks at new forms of wartime messaging.
A recent study concluded that in the complex modern information environment, possessing advanced technology was not enough because success would depend on “weaving” together the information strategy and military operations.
It said such campaigns should try to shatter the adversary’s sense of security while strengthening domestic resolve and gathering international support.
Beijing should prioritise “multi-actor coordination”, where government, think tanks and internet influencers are all used to deliver the message in sync, researchers at the National University of Defence Technology argued.