In collaboration with the Institute for Security and Development Policy based in Stockholm, Sweden, ESIL’s Maya Sobchuk contributed a chapter on how Ukraine employs AI to fight influence operations. The chapter also brings the analysis to Taiwan, providing commentary on how lessons from Ukraine can help Taiwan to secure its information space.
The chapter examines the evolution of AI-enabled information warfare in the context of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with a particular focus on how Ukraine has adapted emerging technologies to defend its information environment. It analyzes the use of AI for detecting and countering disinformation, monitoring influence operations, and supporting strategic communications under conditions of sustained hybrid pressure. Drawing on Ukraine’s experience, the chapter extends the analysis to Taiwan, highlighting transferable lessons for democracies facing persistent foreign information manipulation. In doing so, it situates AI not only as a technical tool, but as a strategic and governance challenge with implications for information integrity, resilience, and democratic security.
The work can be found here as Chapter 4: