Jackson Smith
Jackson Smith is a research assistant at the RAND Corporation, where he focuses on Indo-Pacific security issues including Chinese influence operations and geopolitical strategic competition.
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PLA Perceptions of and Reactions to U.S. Military Activities in Low Earth Orbit
Executive Summary: Space industry experts within the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) have observed and drawn lessons from the United States’s use of space as a warfighting domain since the 1990s.
Cognitive Domain Operations Against Vietnam Hint at Broader Ambitions
Executive Summary: Translation forms a crucial part of People’s Liberation Army (PLA)-directed research. This is done to support influence operations, enhance cooperation with the Russian military, and even understand US
PLA Social Media Warfare and the Cognitive Domain
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has come to recognize the important role of social media in modern conflict and peacetime operations. As such, PLA researchers have begun using the term