In Cognitive Warfare, the mind itself becomes the battlefield…
(NOTE: This is episode 2 of a 10-part audio-docuseries. New episodes drop each week.)
EPISODE 2: The Smoke-Filled Room
Traditional PSYOPs try to affect what people think.
But, a new kind of warfare – Cognitive Warfare – aims to change how people think.
In this chapter, experts such as Bill Gertz explain how China is using apps like TikTok to gradually erode users’ cognitive abilities and create an environment where truth and fiction become indistinguishable.
And Chase Hughes breaks down the psychological experiment that makes it possible.
Chapters
01:35 The Reality of Cognitive Warfare
06:44 The Growing Threat of China
08:15 Chase Hughes Explained the Smoke-Filled Room Experiment
13:11 The Danger of TikTok
24:00 Drugs, Cartels, and a “Smokeless War”
32:02 Individualized Social Media PSYOPs
35:02 The Tartaria Conspiracy
44:47 The Warning from Yuri Bezmenov
Listen to Episode 1, The Zone
Unrestricted Warfare: China’s Master Plan to Destroy America
A sobering and fascinating study of war in the modern era, Unrestricted Warfare carefully explores strategies that militarily and politically disadvantaged nations might use to successfully attack a geopolitical superpower like the United States.
American military doctrine is typically driven by technology: a new class of weapon or vehicle is developed, enabling or encouraging a change in strategy.
Military strategists Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui argue that this dynamic is a crucial weakness in the American military and that this blind spot regarding alternative forms of warfare could be effectively exploited by enemies.
Unrestricted Warfare addresses the many ways this might occur and, in turn, suggests how the United States might defend itself.
The traditional mentality that offensive action is limited to military action is no longer adequate, given the range of contemporary threats and the rising costs-both in dollars and lives lost- of traditional warfare.
Instead, Liang and Xiangsui suggest the significance of alternatives to direct military confrontation, including international policy, economic warfare, attacks on digital infrastructure and networks, and terrorism.
Even a relatively insignificant state can incapacitate a far more powerful enemy by applying pressure to its economic and political systems.
Exploring each of these considerations with remarkable insight and clarity, Unrestricted Warfare is an engaging evaluation of our geopolitical future.
Federal Register
Executive Order 14195 of 01 Feb 2025: Imposing Duties To Address the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China
Executive Order 14200 of 02 Feb 2025: Amendment to Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China
Executive Order 14357 of 04 Nov 2025: Modifying Duties Addressing the Synthetic Opioid Supply Chain in the People’s Republic of China
