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| | [[File:Protests in Cairo during Arab Spring 2011 - generated in Firefly - Public Domain.jpg|350px|thumb|right|<center>2011 Egyptian chapter of the Arab Spring errupts after food price inflation triggers civil unreast.</center>]] | | [[File:Protests in Cairo during Arab Spring 2011 - generated in Firefly - Public Domain.jpg|350px|thumb|right|<center>2011 Egyptian chapter of the Arab Spring errupts after food price inflation triggers civil unreast.</center>]] |
| | [[Image:Egypt - Government Debt to GDP Chart 1970-2024.png|350px|thumb|right|Officially the [[Arab Spring]] was the result of [[IMF]] [[Austerity|austerity]] and [[Structural Adjustment Programs|structural adjustment programs]]. But when these refoms which mostly focused focused on the removal and reduction of food and fuel subsidies resulted in a [[Cost of Living Crisis]] and riots a case begins to form. When compared against other factors, the case for 5GW becomes significant. [[Commentary: Daniel 11, Anthony's Historicist Study Aid#IMF Debt Data Set|See data set]].]] | | [[Image:Egypt - Government Debt to GDP Chart 1970-2024.png|350px|thumb|right|Officially the [[Arab Spring]] was the result of [[IMF]] [[Austerity|austerity]] and [[Structural Adjustment Programs|structural adjustment programs]]. But when these refoms which mostly focused focused on the removal and reduction of food and fuel subsidies resulted in a [[Cost of Living Crisis]] and riots a case begins to form. When compared against other factors, the case for 5GW becomes significant. [[Commentary: Daniel 11, Anthony's Historicist Study Aid#IMF Debt Data Set|See data set]].]] |
| − | '''5th Generation Warfare''' ('''5GW''') is a modern strategic concept describing conflict conducted primarily through non‑kinetic, influence‑based means rather than traditional military operations. It focuses on shaping perceptions the mechanisims such as [[Information Warefare]] (information or [[disinformation]]), narratives, economics, and social stability without openly declaring war or engaging in conventional combat. | + | '''5th Generation Warfare''' ('''5GW''') is a modern strategic concept describing conflict conducted primarily through non‑kinetic, influence‑based means rather than traditional military operations. It focuses on shaping perceptions through mechanisims such as [[Information Warefare]] to control the narratives such as [[Operation Mockingbird]]; paid protesters and political actors<ref>[[Operation BOOT]]; [[Operation AJAX]]</ref>; maniplulation of [[economics]] to influence both the individual and societal priorities and social behaviours; control of the educational systems and institutions to perpetuate desired thought; funding of research grants to justify the desired narrative; unofficial alliance with [[Facism|big business]] to perform desired tasks not subject to public scrutiny; 'donations', 'home visits' or 'blackmail' to control politicians; the application of the [[Economic Hitman]] model<ref>[[Perkins, John]], ''The New Confessions of an Economic Hitman''</ref>; all without openly declaring war on the target or engaging in conventional combat. The sole doctrine of '''5GW''' is to make war on a target population without the target even realising that they are at war. |
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| − | Civily the [[Arab Spring]] is a significantly arguable example that consequentially lead to not only civil outcomes, but the fusion of the civil and religious world in said countries. Again the [[Counter Reformation]] is executed by the [[Holy Roman Empire]] is another excellent example. | + | Civily the [[Arab Spring]] is a significantly arguable example that consequentially lead to not only civil outcomes, but the fusion of the civil and religious world in said countries. Again the [[Counter Reformation]] as executed during [[Holy Roman Empire]] is another excellent example. |
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| | '''5GW''' is distinguished from earlier generations of warfare by its emphasis on: | | '''5GW''' is distinguished from earlier generations of warfare by its emphasis on: |
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| | * social destabilisation | | * social destabilisation |
| | * economic pressure | | * economic pressure |
| − | * cyber operations | + | * [[cyber warfare]] and [[Artificial Intelligence]] |
| | * proxy actors | | * proxy actors |
| | * plausible deniability | | * plausible deniability |