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The report examining Russian Information Influence Operations targeting audiences in Ukraine and neighbouring regions, including Ukrainian civilians and defence forces, civilians in nearby states, and European pro-Kremlin groups. The analysis draws primari...
Document date:
2026-02-12
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NLLP Library

Report outlined some plausible scenarios for the future of the information environment. These scenarios recognise the inherent difficulty of predicting outcomes shaped by interdependent factors – political transformations, technological discoveries, ecolog...
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2026-02-06
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NLLP Library

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This sixth annual evaluation of social media, conducted since 2019, tests the resilience of major social media platforms against manipulation by commercial service providers. The experiment measures platforms’ ability to detect and remove inauthentic engag...
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2026-01-30
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NLLP Library

This report is aimed at understanding China’s influence in the Nordic-Baltic region, by undertaking an analysis of China’s communication tactics and tools, its strategic narratives and their prevalence in public discourse in the region, illustrated by two ...
Document date:
2026-01-28
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NLLP Library

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This research forms part of the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence´s ongoing effort since 2016, to understand malign foreign influence in the Nordic-Baltic region (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Sweden – ...
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2026-01-22
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NLLP Library

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This report presents a systematic evaluation of contemporary large language models (LLMs) on three critical natural language processing (NLP) tasks: narrative detection, topic modelling, and aspect-based sentiment analysis (ABSA)1. These tasks are foundati...
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2025-12-16
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NLLP Library

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This compendium of observations covers the first 2-plus years of the Russian “Special Military Operation” (SMO) in Ukraine and is intended to help American military leaders better understand our potential enemy—the Russian military. The compendium summariz...
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2025-11-01
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NLLP Library

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This research builds upon two previous reports published by NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence. A multi-dimensional analysis, published in 2023, sought to explore the connection between hostile information activities and physical actions du...
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2025-11-05
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NLLP Library

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In 2025, military assistance to Ukraine has been evolving as the US, under the Trump administration, has adopted a different approach to the conflict and Europe has taken steps to assume greater responsibility for its security, including support for Ukrain...
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2025-10-30
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NLLP Library

UAS integration represents a force-multiplier, an important piece of puzzle. Beyond standard daylight imaging capabilities, thermal and night-vision camera systems enable effective surveillance during lowvisibility and nocturnal conditions when convention...
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2025-06-01
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NLLP Library

The “Virtual Manipulation Brief 2025” analyses the shifting landscape of digital influence operations targeting NATO, Ukraine, the European Union, and the United States. The current issue marks a complete redesign of our data collection and processing pipe...
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2025-06-02
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NLLP Library

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Space-based services and the disruption of these services have played an unprecedented role in the ongoing war in Ukraine. The role of space in the war offers important lessons for how the United States must prepare for events in the space domain in potent...
Document date:
2025-05-21
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NLLP Library

Reports containing LIs / LLs / BPs
The adoption of the EU Digital Services Act1 (hereinafter the DSA) aimed to create a safe online information environment, specifically within the EU/EEA area. The research aimed at measuring the effects of the DSA in curbing the spread of harmful content o...
Document date:
2025-05-09
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NLLP Library

The US Army subtopics for its FY25 collection in the See, Sense, Understand, and Direct arena appear to highlight predominantly technical concerns: Electronic Warfare (EW) and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI); Information Advantage; Intelligence Warfight...
Document date:
2025-03-15
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NLLP Library

Data integration is an often-overlooked foundation of NATO’s strategic communications, yet the challenge remains substantial due to highly fragmented implementation across systems and organisations. Without standardised data models, semantic structures, a...
Document date:
2025-03-11
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NLLP Library

Reports containing LIs / LLs / BPs
This report, drawing from research, qualitative and quantitative data, Key Insight Interviews (KIIs), digital tools, and Russian information and deception doctrine, explores the Kremlin’s IIOs in non-Western environments using five selected countries as ca...
Document date:
2025-01-28
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NLLP Library

Reports containing LIs / LLs / BPs
This report includes research on emotional responses to Kremlin’s narratives. This is part of an ongoing effort to monitor and analyse Russian and Chinese influence operations in the Nordic Baltic region, which includes Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, ...
Document date:
2024-11-25
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NLLP Library

Handbooks
Addressing the complexity and rapid rate of change requires an in-depth understanding of the future strategic environment. However, NATO, as well as individual nations or institutions, often approach this issue in very different ways with some lacking the ...
Document date:
2025-02-03
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NLLP Library

Reports
Tactical Developments During the Third Year of the Russo–Ukrainian War
Document date:
2025-02-01
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NLLP Library

The study analyses the official narratives and related political values of eleven Arctic actors, including the eight members of the Arctic Council, China, NATO, and the EU. This project builds upon previous research conducted by the NATO StratCom Centre o...
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2024-11-13
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NLLP Library

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2024-11-05
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Handbooks
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2022-03-29
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2024-11-12
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2024-11-12
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Handbooks
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2024-11-12
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title activity Document Type Library Document Date
Attributing Russian Information Influence Operations: Testing the Information Influence Attribution Framework with real-world case studies Ukraine 2022 PUBLICATIONS NLLP Library 2026-02-12
The NextGen Information Environment Other REPORTS NLLP Library 2026-02-06
Social Media Manipulation for Sale: 2025 Experiment on Platform Capabilities to Detect and Counter Inauthentic Social Media Engagement Ukraine 2022 PUBLICATIONS NLLP Library 2026-01-30
China’s Influence in the Nordic – Baltic Information Environment: Denmark and Lithuania Other REPORTS NLLP Library 2026-01-28
Countering Information Influence Operations in the Nordic-Baltic Region Ukraine 2022 PUBLICATIONS NLLP Library 2026-01-22
AI in Support of StratCom: The Use and Evaluation of Large Language Models in Less Widely Used Official EU Languages Other PUBLICATIONS NLLP Library 2025-12-16
How Russia Fights: A Compendium of on-Russia's Special Military Operations in Ukraine 2022-2024 (2025) Ukraine 2022 PUBLICATIONS NLLP Library 2025-11-01
The Collage of the Kremlin’s Communication Strategy Ukraine 2022 PUBLICATIONS NLLP Library 2025-11-05
Military assistance to Ukraine: What has changed in 2025? Commons Library Research Briefing Ukraine 2022 PUBLICATIONS NLLP Library 2025-10-30
UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems): The Force Multiplier for Law Enforcement Agencies and The Potential Contributor to Stability Policing Other REPORTS NLLP Library 2025-06-01
Virtual Manipulation Brief 2025: From War and Fear to Confusion and Uncertainty Other REPORTS NLLP Library 2025-06-02
Lessons from the War in Ukraine for Space Ukraine 2022 REPORTS NLLP Library 2025-05-21
Impact of the Digital Services Act: A Facebook Case Study Other REPORTS CONTAINING LIS / LLS / BPS NLLP Library 2025-05-09
See, Sense, Understand, and Direct - U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) Report Other REPORTS NLLP Library 2025-03-15
Democratising Data Integration. Standardising Communication Protocols for Interoperable Data Processing and Analytics Tools in Strategic Information Environments Other REPORTS NLLP Library 2025-03-11
Russian information operations outside of the Western information environment (Revised version) Ukraine 2022 REPORTS CONTAINING LIS / LLS / BPS NLLP Library 2025-01-28
Do(n't) Shoot the Messenger: Psychological Responses to Kremlin Narratives in Nordic - Baltic Audiences Ukraine 2022 REPORTS CONTAINING LIS / LLS / BPS NLLP Library 2024-11-25
Future strategic environment assessment: Framework for Analysis. Handbook Other HANDBOOKS NLLP Library 2025-02-03
Tactical Developments During the Third Year of the Russo–Ukrainian War Ukraine 2022 REPORTS NLLP Library 2025-02-01
Arctic Narratives and Political Values: Arctic States, China, NATO, and the EU Other STUDIES NLLP Library 2024-11-13
Test Application of allied doctrine REPORTS NLLP Library 2024-11-05
EX EX EX LNMC MCC5, Contribution Example HANDBOOKS NLLP Library 2022-03-29
EX EX EX LNMC HQ AIRCOM, Conrtibution Induction Training HANDBOOKS NLLP Library 2024-11-12
EX EX EX LNMC Land Component Command 2 - Exercise Induction Training HANDBOOKS NLLP Library 2024-11-12
EX EX EX LNMC Joint Cyber Command 5, Contribution Induction Training HANDBOOKS NLLP Library 2024-11-12
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