Week 8 GOVT9003: Gray Zone Influence Simulation by Dilnoza Ubaydullaeva https://padlet.com/dubaydullaeva/e5c04xnoinfbgt4h Country pairs (rivals): China vs US; Russia vs the EU. Task: Each team develops a gray zone strategy against their assigned rival (e.g., cyberattacks, economic coercion, disinformation etc.) Objective: What are you trying to achieve through this strategy? Present your strategy and objectives. Response: Each team will then propose how they would counter the opposing team’s gray zone tactics. en-us 2023-03-14 13:16:46 UTC 2025-05-05 02:17:24 UTC hello@padlet.com Cyber operations https://padlet.com/dubaydullaeva/e5c04xnoinfbgt4h/wish/3435817753 Cyber attacks on infrastructure and global networks across EU member states such as 2015 cyberattack on Bundestag in Germany

Objective - destabilize governments and gather intelligence and strategic pressure on European governments



]]> 2025-05-05 02:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dubaydullaeva/e5c04xnoinfbgt4h/wish/3435817753 GREY ZONE WARFARE https://padlet.com/dubaydullaeva/e5c04xnoinfbgt4h/wish/3435817883

  • Covertly arm rebel groups that are disguised as libertarian

  • Smuggle weapons through the Canada and Mexico border to provide for these groups

  • Arm drug cartels and manufacture an opium crisis in their military

  • Create another viral app to spread anti U.S rhetoric

  • Export technology and gain monopoly


    • What does China want to achieve?


    • Destabilise internal security

    • Promote division within the public

    • Drain police resources

    • Plummet health of state personnel

    • Data-mine from the public and weaponise that information to distract the public

    • Bring the value of the dollar down

    ]]>     2025-05-05 02:11:51 UTC https://padlet.com/dubaydullaeva/e5c04xnoinfbgt4h/wish/3435817883     Objective https://padlet.com/dubaydullaeva/e5c04xnoinfbgt4h/wish/3435818251 Territory control and expansion

    • Increase US presence in Asia Pacific

    • Increase economic activities such as funding to other countries

    • Use social media to announce the other countries that China will control all



    ]]>     2025-05-05 02:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dubaydullaeva/e5c04xnoinfbgt4h/wish/3435818251     https://padlet.com/dubaydullaeva/e5c04xnoinfbgt4h/wish/3435818439 Make Russia stronger in Europe.

    Using gray zone tactics

    ]]>     2025-05-05 02:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dubaydullaeva/e5c04xnoinfbgt4h/wish/3435818439     https://padlet.com/dubaydullaeva/e5c04xnoinfbgt4h/wish/3435820352

  • Establishing a strategy against Russia, not a tactic. Develop a strong cooperation and collaboration between EU countries.

  • Building a stronger economic, diplomatic, information sharing strategy within the EU states to deterred Russian threats (cyber attack, disinformation).

  • Reduce the relience on russian energy

  • Cut the Russian cyberattacks and human interlligence activities in the EU states.

  • Expand EU relations with the NATO organization.

  • Support the opposition of th Russian government/ US.

  • Support the Ukrain military operation at the moment.

  • Impose sanctions against Russia, and support the internal Russian opposition against Putin.

    • ]]>     2025-05-05 02:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/dubaydullaeva/e5c04xnoinfbgt4h/wish/3435820352     Information warfare https://padlet.com/dubaydullaeva/e5c04xnoinfbgt4h/wish/3435821289 state sponsored media (Sputnik)

    Objective- erode trust in EU and distrust consensus based policy making

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