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Eating Bitterness (吃苦): Critical to Chinese Immigrant Identity or Perpetuating the Model Minority Myth?
Get PDFChinese immigrant success in America is often attributed to their ability to work hard and endure hardships. In Chinese culture, this is called 吃苦 (eating bitterness). The term "model minority" is often used as a tool to contrast the "lack of success" of other racialized groups in America; the implication is that they could be as "successful" if they 吃苦. As a second-generation Chinese settler, the main character, Dennis, in Yang and Pham’s graphic novel, Level Up, is also expected to 吃苦. This paper explores how Yang and Pham use Dennis’ struggle to choose between becoming a doctor and playing video games, and his in/ability to 吃苦 to illuminate and critique the concept of the “model minority” myth
Information Power and Russia’s National Security Objectives
Get PDFRussia’s operations in the information domain are an integral part of Russia’s interactions in the international environment. As one of Russia’s levers of national power, information operations work in concert with all other levers of national power to achieve a defined list of Russia’s national security objectives. Judging from pronouncements, policies, doctrine, and actions, it appears that Russia’s objectives are: 1) Protect the Putin regime; 2) Control the post-Soviet space; 3) Counterweigh the unipolar actor in the world; 4) Portray Russia as an indispensable player in world affairs; and 5) Divide and disrupt the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the European Union (EU). Russian information operations can be traced through information themes directly to those Russian national security objectives. Some themes can address multiple objectives simultaneously, and the methods for communication can differ based on the target. However, Russian information operations are not standalone activities but work in concert with all other levers of national power to achieve Russia’s overarching objectives.
Received: 2021-12-04Revised: 2021-12-1
Asymmetric Attack: A Quantum of Warning
Get PDFOn November 23, 2021, Alexander Butterfield presented on Asymmetric Attack: A Quantum of Warning at the 2021 CASIS West Coast Security Conference. Alexander Butterfield’s presentation centered around developing a warning system for incoming threats, with key discussion points being the failures of operational warnings in large-scale terrorist events, the need to compensate for uncertainty, and hypersensitivity to weak signals. Mr. Butterfield’s presentation was followed by a question and answer period directed at a group of panelists allowing the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives to directly engage with the content of each speaker’s presentation
Identity Exclusive Violent Transnational Social Movements and 5th Generation Civic Warfare
Get PDFOn November 24, 2021, Professor Candyce Kelshall presented on the topic of Identity Exclusive Violent Transnational Social Movements and 5th Generation Civic Warfare at the 2021 CASIS West Coast Security Conference. Primary discussion topics included defining 5th generation warfare, the combatants in 5th generation warfare, Violent Transnational Social Movements (VTSMs), Soft Violence, and how it all fits into contemporary conflict. This presentation was followed by a question and answer period where conference attendees and CASIS Vancouver Executives were provided with an opportunity to engage in discussion with Professor Kelshall and other speakers
From Liberal to Liberal Global Order: Implications for Western Security
Get PDFOn November 26, 2021, Dr. Antonio Sanchez Ortega, Assistant Professor at the University of Granada in Spain, presented From Liberal to Liberal Global Order: Implications for Western Security at the 2021 CASIS Vancouver West Coast Security Conference. The key points of discussion were the changes that the great powers have made on the understanding of basic rules in the international arena and the Liberal Global Order is seeing its relative decline. The presentation was followed by a question and answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives
Effective Leadership in Times of Uncertainty
Get PDFOn November 26, 2021, Lt. Col. Vincent Virk, Commanding Officer of the British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught’s Own), presented Effective Leadership in Times of Uncertainty at the 2021 CASIS West Coast Security Conference. The presentation was followed by a question and answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives. The key points discussed were the three spheres of leadership (institutional, people, self), genuine leadership requiring development, and the importance of individuals and the team
The Importance of Warning Intelligence When Dealing with Dragons and Snakes
Get PDFOn November 23, 2021, Dr. David Kilcullen, President and CEO of Cordillera Applications Group, presented The Importance of Warning Intelligence When Dealing with Dragons and Snakes at the 2021 CASIS West Coast Security Conference. The presentation was followed by a question and answer period with questions from the audience and CASIS Vancouver executives. The key points discussed in this presentation included strategic warning times, gray zone attacks, Russian and Chinese strategic deterrence, and the consequences of misunderstanding or underestimating adversaries
Malevolent Creativity & the Metaverse: How the immersive properties of the metaverse may facilitate the spread of a mass shooter’s culture
Get PDFThe innovation of the Metaverse heralds a new milestone in the Information Age as investors move forward with the plan to bring the metaverse to fruition. The metaverse will offer a heightened experience in terms of interactivity, economics, and platform, while paving the way for greater immersion through virtual reality and augmented reality technologies. It is likely that as the metaverse develops, gaming will offer a unique social experience through its features such as virtual worlds. Based on this, it is important for policymakers to look at extremist subcultures that will operate in the metaverse through these virtual features. Due to the role played by fringe subcultures in facilitating the recent mass shooting event in Buffalo, this article aimed to examine the main features of the metaverse and how its immersive properties could influence the creation of future metaversal subcultures that could act as a gateway towards future mass shooting incidents. To that end, it applied the model of malevolent creativity to the extremist use of online spaces to gain insight on how such properties could aid online extremists towards mobilization. Results show that the concatenation of malevolent creativity, innovation, and subcultural extremism may bridge the gap between ideation of mass shootings and mobilization. Based on this, the implication of this research suggests that tech entrepreneurs for the metaverse should be mindful of the risks that disconnection from the real-world society can create for young, isolated users and aim to implement safeguards in integral areas of the metaverse seven-layer chain, such as spatial computing, discovery, and the creator economy.
Received: 2022-09-01Revised: 2022-09-2
Malign Influence Operations in Narrative Warfare
Get PDFOn July 21, 2022, John Daniele, the Managing Director of DNC Cybersecurity and President of Progressive World Federalists, presented on Malign Influence Operations in Narrative Warfare. Following the presentation, a question-and-answer period ensued wherein questions were collected from the audience and CASIS-Vancouver executives. The major points discussed throughout the event included how malign influence manipulates public opinion and causes social disruption; the key tools used in this form of persuasion; the online network effect of operations that involve fake accounts and state-sponsored trolling; and possible solutions to malign influence operations