Dr. Deon Canyon, associate dean of academics and professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, examines how the Indo-Pacific is already engaged in a cognitive war driven by China’s systematic operations targeting perceptions, decisions, and alliances. In his new Security Nexus Perspective paper, “Cognitive Domain Awareness: A Framework for Partners Already Inside the Cognitive War,” Canyon introduces Cognitive Domain Awareness (CDA) as a structured framework for detecting, sharing, assessing, and acting on cognitive threats. Drawing on lessons from Maritime Domain Awareness, CDA offers regional partners a practical approach to countering China’s political warfare, disinformation campaigns, and influence operations while preserving democratic norms.

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