The Battle for the Mind: Understanding and Addressing Cognitive Warfare and Its Enabling Technologies

The report highlights the emerging threat of cognitive warfare, which involves manipulating cognitive processes to disrupt societies and destabilize democratic institutions. It stresses the importance of raising awareness about these threats, developing legal frameworks to govern cognitive warfare, and leveraging emerging technologies to strengthen societal resilience. The recommendations include fostering collaboration across disciplines, enhancing public awareness of data privacy, and establishing clear legal definitions and frameworks for cognitive warfare. Organizations Mentioned: IE CGC, Munich Security Conference, NATO, European Union, Microsoft, Google, UNESCO, Neurorights Foundation