Modern technology and contemporary wars: A reading of the “digital conflict and competition environment” and intelligence work

General context Modern technology today is no longer merely a set of tools for communication or information processing; rather, it has become an integrated environment within which states, societies, institutions, and contemporary conflicts operate. With the major expansion of artificial intelligence, digital platforms, satellites, drones, and cyber infrastructures, the world now exists within a “digital conflict and competition environment” in which information, influence, communication, perception, and political and security decision-making overlap in unprecedented ways. Within this environment, wars and conflicts are no longer managed solely through traditional military confrontations, but are increasingly conducted simultaneously within cyberspace, the information domain, and arenas of media and cognitive influence. Data — along with its analysis and interconnection — as well as the ability […]