On the brink: identifying psychological indicators of societal destabilization in Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea
Journal: Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict
Year: 2021

Contemporary hostile actors are increasingly attempting to destabilize targeted states’ civilian domains via malign influence activities. With this civilian focus, societal destabilization is at least partly psychological. However, empirical evidence of a psychological dimension to societal destabilization is lacking. We assess the potential of five pertinent psychological factors to indicate societal destabilization using data captured about citizens living in the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk,