NATO COGWAR Newsletter: Perception | July 2026, Issue 11
07.24.2026 at 04:24am
We rarely encounter reality in its full form. We encounter interpretation filtered, shaped, and contested.
This edition explores how perception is constructed and manipulated across different levels: the individual mind, institutional analysis, and strategic competition.
The goal is not certainty. The goal is Clarity Through Complexity.
You are not experiencing reality directly.
You are experiencing what survives attention.
Everything else disappears into the fog.
Read PERCEPTION here.
CONTENTS
EVENTS….4
Courses and Education…5
The Eye and the Fog: Perception, Ambiguity, and the Cognitive Dimension…6
How China Sees Us…8
How Russia Sees Us…9
Lessons Learned: Ukraine..10
Recommended Reading..13
Recommended Viewing..14
REMARKS..15
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