Author(s): Sabrina MAGRIS, Martina GRASSI
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: June 30, 2019
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Issue/ Volume: 21/2019
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Abstract
The phenomenon of internal nationalisms with international infiltrations,
which is rising again, is a global one – experienced from Europe to America – not to be
overlooked. It is a phenomenon that leads to domestic terrorist attacks and its
characteristics distinguished it from other types of terroristic attacks that are of a non-
Islamic matrix, thus adducing to a higher risk to take place than during the past.
This is the motive that drives young people that – as already reported by some
Intelligence agencies – even if they don’t have a concrete knowledge of the historical
events that have occurred in the past or about the various ideologies developed over
time, to follow the ideologies of these individuals. Some of the analysed solutions
concern obtaining consent through the mass management and handling techniques used
in Psyops Operations for the construction of consent to leaders. In the training of leaders,
when communicating to the mass, it must be kept in mind that one cannot simply refuse
requests without giving justifications, the reasons why decisions are made must be
explained to the population so they can be well understood so as to limit or to eliminate
the dissent. The senseless denial must never be used, and the masses consent and consent
to leaders must be built by using more groups of people, included those who dissent, so to
convey dissent. Therefore there must be created dissenting groups to the leaders that are
credible and vehicular to all those who have opposite opinions than the leader, so that to
be able to convey and to manage potential opponents in the best way.
Keywords: terrorism, domestic attack, intelligence, aggregator, strategic
communication.
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