Russian reflexive control military theory and applications

Abstract

The development of information security doctrine in the Russian Federation has been in the works since the first decade of this century. Currently, the doctrine is applied both at the governmental level and as an instrument for the application of military power. The present work presents how the Russian Federation is managing its actions based on the Reflective Control (CR) theory. As the theory involves the Russian understanding of information, technical data, cognitive contents and "information resources" are understood as technological and human, as well as being employed by the Strategic CommunicationSystem (Public Relations, Public Diplomacy and Security Systems of the Information), for a specific purpose. This work also describes the interaction of the CR with Doctrina Germazinov, the Information Warfare activities, with the use of non-military measures, the use of Cyber Warfare, social media and the “Controlled Chaos” measures, all with the objective to ensure success in Russian combat and development.