IO Journal

The IO Journal is the official publication of the Information Operations (IO) Institute, a Special Interest Group of the Association of Old Crows (AOC), an independent, nonprofit, international professional association promoting public understanding in the science and practice of Information Operations and related disciplines.

 The AOC's 13,500+ members read the IO Journal for its intelligent coverage and insightful analysis of industry news and trends.

The IO Journal reports on industry news, technology trends and other developments in the global Information Operations and related markets. The IO Journal’s IO coverage includes traditional IO, information warfare, cyber warfare, strategic communication, public diplomacy, marketing, advertising, religion, language and command, control warfare (C2W) and related fields. 

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• Vol 2, Issue 3, 3rd Quarter 2010(Nxtbook Version)

IO Journal Archives

The IO Institute has posted the IO Journal PDF archives on-line. Please note that these are the entire magazine articles in PDF format NOT the articles archives. 

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Archives

• Vol 2, Issue 3, 3rd Quarter 2010(.pdf Version) 

  • Narrative as an Influence Factor in Information Operations
    By Amy Zalman, PhD, SAIC
  • 21^st Century Electronic Warfare
    By Robert J. Elder, Jr., Lt Gen, USAF (Ret.)
  • Understanding Local Actor Bases of Power
    By Patrick D. Allen, COL, USAR (Ret.),  PhD
  • Assessing Operations: MOP and MOE Development
    By John A. Tokar, Strategic Planner, Booz Allen Hamilton
  • The Value of Values for IO, SC, INTEL
    By Christine A.R. MacNulty, FRSA, President & CEO, Applied Futures
  • Information Strategy and Effective National Power
    By James P. Farwell, JD, DCMS, Political Strategist, The Farwell Group
•  Volume 2, Issue 2: 2nd Quarter 2010 (24.4 MB)

  

  • Computers as Weapons of War
    By John Bumgarner, CTO, U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit
  • Burn the Books: What's China's Decision on Google Reveals about the PRC
    By Carson Thomas Checketts, JD
  • Active Defense of Corporate Information Systems
    By Matthew Borton and Samuel Liles, Purdue University Calumet
  • "Why do I need to understand Information Employment?"
    By Jason Knowles, Maj, USAF
  • Some Misconceptions Regarding Information Operations
    By Michael J. Dominique, COL, USA
  • Electronic Warfare and Cyber Operations: Where is the Convergence?
    By Laurie M. Buckhout, COL, USA
  • DIME is for Integration: Strategic Communications as an Integration of National Power
    By Beau Hendricks, Randall Wennner, and Warren Weaver, MAJ's, USA
•  Vol 2, Issue 1: 1st Quarter 2010 (mislabelled Vol 1, Issue 4 on cover)

  

  • The Battle for the Information Domain
    By Major Rob Sentse and Major Arno Storm, Royal Netherlands Army
  • The Emerging Battlespace of Cyberwar: The Legal Framework and Policy Issues
    By James P. Farwell, JD, DCMS, Political Strategist, The Farwell Group
  • Applying Deterrence in Cyberspace
    By Kevin R. Beeker, Robert F. Mills, and Michael R. Grimaila
  • The Four Strategies of Information Warfare and their Applications
    By Carlo Kopp, PhD
  • Information Security Within DOD Supply Chains
    By Brain A. Salmans, Lt Col, USAF
  • Field of Dreams
    By Tom "TCL" Curby-Lucier, Lt Col, USAF (Ret.)

• Vol 1, Issue 3: 4th Quarter 2009

  

  • Harmony & Chaos: The Principles of China’s Unrestricted Warfare
    By Carson Thomas Checketts, J.D.
  • China’s Public Diplomacy Institution: Its Development, Challenges and Prospects of Its Practice
    By Dr. Zhang Zhexin
  • Information Operations: Not Just a Set of Capabilities
    By Michael L. Williams and Marc J. Romanych
  • A Short History of Religious Leader Engagement Operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom
    By John Proctor, MSG, USA
  • Book Review
    Ideas as Weapons: Influence and Perception in Modern Warfare.
    By Edgar A. Jimenez, MAJ, US Army
• Vol 1, Issue 2: 3rd Quarter 2009

  

  • IO Focus
    Chris Stewart, Senior Director for Defense and Intelligence Programs, Gallup
    By Bill Canter
  • Information Operations: Where Has It Gone?
    By Nicoline K. Jaramillo
  • Recommendations Regarding the Information Component of Power for the 2009 National Security Strategy
    By Simon R. Goerger, LTC, USA, Ph.D.
  • Lessons to be Learned from a Recent Network Infrastructure Attack
    By L. Scott Johnson and Toni Whyte
  • Perceptions, Values and Motivations in Cyberspace
    By Christine A.R. MacNulty, FRSA
• Vol 1, Issue 1, 2nd Quarter 2009

  

  • Barriers to Entry: Are They Lower for Cyber Warfare?
    By Dorothy E. Denning
  • The Role of Background Conversations, Culture and a Harmonized Communications Strategy in Effecting Change
    By Roberta-diane Perna, Ph.D.
  • Talking the Talk: Why Warfighters Don’t Understand Information Operations
    By Dennis M. Murphy
  • Political and Technical Roadblocks to Cyber Attack Attribution 
  • By Jeff Wozniak and Prof. Samuel Liles, Purdue University Calumet
  • PSYOP in the Age of Inter-Consciousness
    By Clay Wilson, PhD, CISSP
  • Information Related Terms, Trends and Myths
    By Garry J. Beavers and F. H. “Skip” Allison

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