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Military Conflict in the Information Age and Lithuania’s Preparedness
Volume 2, Issue 1 (2004), pp. 41–62
Nerijus Maliukevičius  

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https://doi.org/10.47459/lasr.2004.2.2
Pub. online: 18 October 2004      Type: Article      Open accessOpen Access

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18 October 2004

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The information revolution is changing the international system and the security environment in which we live. The state is loosing its monopoly of power in a global information space where, with the help of new technologies, people create their wellbeing and where, by means of the same modern technologies, military conflicts of a new type are occurring. The Western civilisation conception of a military conflict, based on the Clausewitz model where leaders set political goals and control soldiers; soldiers fight directly and become lawful targets of violence; and civilians do not participate in the conflict, but support their leaders by paying taxes and backing their political goals, is falling apart. A conflict of the information age is, in a sense, a “pre-Westphalian” conflict where crimes against civilians and the internal order of the state were the norm.
The question arises of how the state may ensure the security of its citizens. The great powers try to find an answer in the strategies and programs of information operations. A great amount of attention is given to the public information of the state during a conflict, as well as to information security. In the latter sphere, Lithuania has already made its first steps; however, Lithuania needs to learn the principles of public information not only during conflict, but also during peacetime.

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