This paper proposes a framework for understanding cognitive resilience as a strategic security domain. It argues that contemporary influence operations target cognition directly, and that the defense of open societies requires extending the security perimeter inward ranging from physical territory and digital infrastructure to the cognitive substrate on which both ultimately depend. Drawing on cognitive psychology, educational science, and the inoculation and prebunking literature, the paper develops a three-layer model of cognitive defense: individual cognition, institutional cognition, and societal cognition. For each layer, the paper maps the principal vulnerabilities, the available evidence-based interventions, and the institutional capacities required to deploy them at scale. The paper concludes with a research agenda and a set of practical recommendations for states, alliances, educational systems, and intelligence and security services.
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This paper proposes a framework for understanding cognitive resilience as a strategic security domain. It argues that contemporary influence operations target cognition directly, and that the defense of open societies requires extending the security perimeter inward ranging from physical territory and digital infrastructure to the cognitive substrate on which both ultimately depend. Drawing on cognitive psychology, educational science, and the inoculation and prebunking literature, the paper develops a three-layer model of cognitive defense: individual cognition, institutional cognition, and societal cognition. For each layer, the paper maps the principal vulnerabilities, the available evidence-based interventions, and the institutional capacities required to deploy them at scale. The paper concludes with a research agenda and a set of practical recommendations for states, alliances, educational systems, and intelligence and security services.
Read More: Cognition as Perimeter – Myrto Demetriou, ΜΑ