1st Edition

Disinformation and Counternarratives in International Security Cognitive Competition

Edited By Gustavo Díaz Matey, Pablo Moral Copyright 2026
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the strategic role of weaponized narratives and foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) in international relations. It aims to understand how information is used as a tool for power projection and strategic competition, combining theoretical and empirical analyses. The work covers both traditional disinformation and lesser-studied phenomena like information... Read more

Introduction  Part I: Conceptual Frameworks  1. The Systemic Crises of the Liberal International Order: Fragmented Narratives in a Porcelain System, Gustavo Díaz Matey  2. Narratives as Cognitive Weapons: How Societal Vulnerabilities Fuel Foreign Manipulation, Pablo Moral  3. Conceptualizing Information Suppression: A Distinct Strategy Within Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Operations, Katrina Kurtelius Calderón, José Luis Postigo Sierra, and Rut Bermejo-Casado  4. (Dis)information is Power: A Look at the Political Communication of how the Digital Revolution Altered the Political and Media Chessboard, Ignacio-Jesús Serrano-Contreras, Raúl Lucena, and Carlos Aguilar  Part II: Actors and Threats  5. Disinformation in the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict: Narrative Architecture, Hybrid Strategy, and Global Repercussions, Waldimeiry Correa da Silva and Daniel Romera Mejías  6. Russian Disinformation Campaigns in Western Africa, Raquel Barras Tejudo  7. Digital Warfare and Social Media in the Middle East: Regional Changes and the Struggle for Information Control, David Hernández Martínez  Part III: International Responses  8. The Battle of the Geopolitical Europe against the Anti-democratic Narratives of External Agents, Miguel Ángel Benedicto Solsona  9. Disinformation, Narratives, and Counter-narratives in the United Nations’s Prevention and Countering of Extremism, Alice Martini  10. Cognitive Warfare and Disinformation: A Theoretical Approach and NATO Actions in the Digital Public Sphere, Concha Pérez-Curiel, and David García-Marín

Biography

Gustavo Díaz Matey is Professor at Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Pablo Moral is Lecturer at Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain.