Experts Urge Institutional Body to Combat Cognitive Warfare, Project India's Strategic Interests

• Strategic affairs experts advocate for a comprehensive institutional body to counter cognitive warfare and project India's strategic interests.
• The call comes after lessons from Operation Sindoor highlighted issues in conveying messages to domestic and international audiences.
• Scholar Daya Thussu noted declining credibility in TV media, citing erroneous reports during the India-Pakistan conflict.
• Experts, including Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (retd), emphasized that modern warfare extends to cognitive or narrative domains.
• Former ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar highlighted India's 'Goldilocks moment' and the global resonance of its multi-alignment policy.