{"id":232817,"date":"2026-03-08T15:06:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/weaponising-the-mind-rethinking-trust-in-times-of-cognitive-warfare"},"modified":"2026-03-08T15:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T20:06:04","slug":"weaponising-the-mind-rethinking-trust-in-times-of-cognitive-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/weaponising-the-mind-rethinking-trust-in-times-of-cognitive-warfare","title":{"rendered":"Weaponising the Mind: Rethinking Trust in Times of Cognitive Warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rQfSrpml9kY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\udde0 Cognitive warfare is real and it\u2019s here already.<\/p>\n<p>That is why the Konrad Adenauer Foundation is putting the topic on the agenda at the Munich Security Conference.<\/p>\n<p>From now on, the focus will be on the following key issues: \u2022 Cognitive warfare as a security policy reality \u2022 Resilience instead of alarmism \u2022 Strategic advantage through the ability to act \u2022 Protection of democratic decision-making processes.<\/p>\n<p>Cognitive warfare is changing the logic of modern conflicts. It does not target infrastructure or territory, but rather perception, trust and decision-making ability, thereby blurring the line between war and peace.<\/p>\n<p>More about #MSC2026: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/content\/kognitive-kriegsfuehrung-hat-laengst-begonnen\">https:\/\/www.kas.de\/de\/veranstaltungsberichte\/detail\/-\/conten\u2026t-begonnen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>#munichsecurityconference<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/weaponising-the-mind-rethinking-trust-in-times-of-cognitive-warfare\">Continue reading \u201cWeaponising the Mind: Rethinking Trust in Times of Cognitive Warfare\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83e\udde0 Cognitive warfare is real and it\u2019s here already. That is why the Konrad Adenauer Foundation is putting the topic on the agenda at the Munich Security Conference. From now on, the focus will be on the following key issues: \u2022 Cognitive warfare as a security policy reality \u2022 Resilience instead of alarmism \u2022 Strategic [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,47,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-232817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military","category-neuroscience","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}