Cognative warfare against Iranians in the maritime domain and future strategies

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Department of Jihadi Management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Policymaking and Public Policy, Faculty of Islamic Studies and Management, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

This research was carried out with the aim of explaining the future research strategies of confronting the West's warfare against the people of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the maritime domain and was implemented based on thematic analysis method. This research is among exploratory research, the purpose of which is to explore dimensions, components and indicators. In terms of the way of collecting information, this research is a survey descriptive research, and according to its nature, characteristics, goals and results, it is of applied type and its method is qualitative. The statistical population of this research includes 30officials, military and national officials, managers and experts in the maritime field, experts or experts in the research subject. The research tool is a semi-structured interview. Reliability of research tools with the help of multiple tools; a) evaluation of qualitative findings, b) three-way technique (combination and integration), c) reliability in interviews, reliability of interview coding was checked. The results of the research showed that the futurological warfare strategies in the maritime domain include understanding the nature of maritime warfare with 8organizing themes, its foundations with 5organizing themes, strengthening the naval warfare structure with 7organizing themes, the characteristics of this war with 5organizing themes, trends in the order of the enemy in Naval warfare with 6organizing themes, negative naval warfare strategies with 6organizing themes, and positive strategies to deal with naval warfare with 8organizing themes.

Keywords: cognative warfare, sea, people, future trends, negative strategies,

positive strategies.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 12 May 2024
  • Receive Date: 12 January 2024
  • Revise Date: 13 April 2024
  • Accept Date: 12 May 2024