Taliban’s PSYOP – strategic enabler for the 2021 offensive

BURDA, Robin. Taliban’s PSYOP – strategic enabler for the 2021 offensive. Small Wars & Insurgencies. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2023, neuveden, neuveden, p. 1-28. ISSN 0959-2318. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2023.2245209.

Basic information

• Original name: Taliban’s PSYOP – strategic enabler for the 2021 offensive
• Authors: BURDA, Robin.
• Edition: Small Wars & Insurgencies, Abingdon, Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2023, 0959-2318.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50601 Political science
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 0.800 in 2022
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2023.2245209
• UT WoS: 001151197500001
• Keywords in English: Taliban; PSYOP; offensive; Twitter
• Tags: online first
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The paper focuses primarily on the Taliban’s psychological operations (PSYOP) during their offensive in 2021. The unexpected rapidity of the Taliban’s advance led to a question about the role of the Taliban’s PSYOP during the offensive, which is the primary research problem. The paper is not only an intrinsic case study, but also an instrumental part of a broader research of PSYOP of non-state armed actors. The analysis showed that PSYOP played a key role primarily before and after the offensive, while during the Taliban’s advance, their role was secondary to the use of conventional warfare.

Links

• MUNI/A/1488/2023, interní kód MU: Name: Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu X.

Investor: Masaryk University, Current Issues in Political Science Research X.