The Xinhua Institute, a Beijing-based think tank affiliated with the Xinhua News Agency, has published a bombshell report detailing the arsenal of tools the US has at its disposal to wage “cognitive warfare” to “colonize the minds” of nations on a planetary scale. Sputnik asked a pair of top geopolitics and media experts to break things down.

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From CIA, USAID, Hollywood and Big Tech tools to the weaponization of narratives on democracy and human rights, the Xinhua Institute’s report details a global US effort “to sustain hegemony by manipulating ideologies” and “eroding informational and cultural sovereignty” with the ultimate aim of ensuring “compliance without occupation,” says Hong Kong-based geopolitical analyst Angelo Giuliano.

“The report cites the US-driven Soviet collapse, where media and NGOs eroded ideological sovereignty, and color revolutions in Ukraine and Georgia installing pro-Western regimes” as striking examples of successful “mind colonization” operations, Giuliano told Sputnik.

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“AI and Big Data amplify US cognitive warfare through algorithms and surveillance. Meta (social media control), Google (search dominance), Amazon (cloud infrastructure), and Microsoft (AI and surveillance) drive digital hegemony. Hollywood complements this by subconsciously embedding US values.”