The Cognitive Crucible #150 Jill Goldenziel on China and the Philippines
The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association.
During this episode, Dr. Jill Goldenziel of the National Defense University discusses information lawfare and uses ongoing dynamics between the Philippines and China as a case study. Our conversation also traverses the INDOPACOM Counter Lawfare program, the Belt and Road Initiative, institutional lawfare, global legal domination, and the 21st Century space race.
Research Question: Jill Goldenziel suggests interested students examine the legal basis for the defense of Taiwan, which includes understanding scenario modeling.
Resources:
- Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned
- Recent articles:
- The Truth About The Philippines’ New Strategy Against China by Jill Goldenziel
- Law as a Battlefield: The U.S., China, and Global Escalation of Lawfare by Jill Goldenziel
- Information Lawfare: Messaging and the Moral High Ground by Jill Goldenziel
- Jill Goldenziel’s Website
- INDOPACOM Tactical Aids (TACAIDS)
- China’s Law of the Sea: The New Rules of Maritime by Isaac B. Kardon
Link to full show notes and resources
https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-150
Guest Bio:
Dr. Jill Goldenziel is a professor at the National Defense University-College of Information and Cyberspace and a speaker, consultant, and arbitrator. At NDU-CIC, she teaches courses in International and Constitutional Law, Leadership, Strategy, Lawfare, and Information Warfare to senior civilian and military leaders from the United States and allied and partner nations. She is also an Affiliated Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania’s Fox Leadership International program and Penn’s Partnership for Innovation, Cross-Sector Collaboration, Leadership, and Organization. She is a Forbes.com contributor on National Security. She has spoken at the United Nations and dozens of events throughout the world.
Dr. Goldenziel’s award-winning scholarship focuses on international law, U.S. and comparative constitutional law, human rights, refugees and migration, lawfare, and information warfare. She is working on a book on how politicization of refugee crises threatens national security, an article on lawfare and Illegal, Unregulated, and Unreported Fishing (IUU F), an essay on leadership and gender that builds on her popular TEDx talk, and several projects on the use of law as a weapon of war. In 2022, NATO ACO/SHAPE Legal Office awarded her the Serge Lazareff Prize for her work as a scholar-practitioner of legal operations (lawfare).
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