Risky Business Video
January 19, 2026
Between Two Nerds: Why the West sucks at Information Warfare
Presented by
Tom Uren
Policy & Intelligence
The Grugq
Independent Security Researcher
In this edition of Between Two Nerds Tom Uren and The Grugq talk about what information warfare even is, revisit a 30-year-old paper and examine why Western governments struggle with the concept.
Show notes:
- What is Information Warfare by Martin Libicki, https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA367662.pdf
- Human Rights in China, https://hrichina.substack.com/p/the-smear-campaign-against-guan-heng
- Leaked conversation on Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV7JFmz6Ca0, in Mandarin
- Rebecca Black, Friday, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfVsfOSbJY0