Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict,Russia and the United States have been fiercely competing for cognitive fields beyond physical space,presenting new forms and characteristics of war in the digital age.Relying on information technology and the advantages of voice channels,the two sides create and disseminate specific information;utilize the echo chamber effect to repeatedly strengthen the audience's cognition;then immerse in emotional contagion and value inculcation to trigger emotional resonance,and guide the target group's emotion,will,stance,attitude,ideology,etc.to change for their own benefit;and finally,utilize the international authority to enhance the cognition of legitimacy and expand the international recognition.Utilizing the advantages of technological platforms and digital media hegemony in their hands,the United States and other Western countries have launched.an all-dimensional,all-area,all-the-time cognitive suppression of Russia,while at the same time highly linking up with ground military operations in support of Ukraine,which has become one of the most important factors delaying Russia's special military operations.China's cognitive offensive and defensive capabilities should be upgraded in terms of changes in mindset,platform force building,development of emerging technologies,and value system shaping,in order to steadily respond to the cognitive warfare schemes of the United States and other Western countries.
Russian-Ukrainian ConflictCognitive-Domain ConfrontationCognitive WarfareHybrid War