False Flag Operations

False Flag Operations is a strategic deception tactic within the broader category of information warfare, distinguished by an actor covertly executing an operation while concealing its true origin and instead attributing it to a different, often adversarial, entity in order to provoke misattribution, manipulate perception, or justify subsequent actions.

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Publications

90

Citations

10

Authors

5

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

False Flag

Authors

10

  1. AS
    Anshuman Suri

    University of Virginia, United States

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  2. JM
    Jeffrey M. Bale

    Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, United States

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  3. PD
    Prateek Dewan

    Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi, India

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  4. PK
    Ponnurangam Kumaraguru

    Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi, India

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. EM
    Erin M. Kearns

    University of Alabama, United States

    1 publications · 38 citations

    1

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Venues

  1. Terrorism and Political Violence

    1 publications · 20 citations

    1

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  2. Journal of Southern African Studies

    JASS · 1 publications · 14 citations

    1

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  3. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

    1 publications · 38 citations

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