Can one of the world’s most innovative democracies and the world’s largest democracy build a strategic partnership in the domain of Information and Cognitive Warfare?

And if not, what is stopping them?

Information Warfare, Narrative Warfare, Psychological Operations (PsyOps), and Cognitive Warfare have traditionally been viewed through the lens of national security, defence, and strategic affairs. Consequently, they have remained domains shaped largely by governments, militaries, and intelligence communities.

But what if we begin to look at this domain through a different lens?

What if Cognitive Warfare is not only an emerging security challenge, but also an emerging business domain and market – one that will increasingly influence technology, media, governance, public policy, education, strategic communications, and innovation?

If that possibility exists, then perhaps the most important challenge before us is not technological, but conceptual. We need a new perspective to understand a new reality.

That perspective begins by recognizing a gradual transformation that has been unfolding across the global digital ecosystem for more than two decades – one that is changing not only technology, but the cognitive capabilities of the people who use it.

Changing Realities and the Cognitive Shift

The past few years have been marked by conflict, uncertainty, and rapid geopolitical change for both Israel and Bharat. Alongside conventional security challenges, both countries have experienced the growing influence of Information Warfare, Narrative Warfare, Psychological Operations (PsyOps), and Cognitive Warfare in shaping........

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