ISRS tracks how AI, cyber, and synthetic media give weaker actors outsized reach, and what democracies must do before the window closes. Geneva-based. Operationally grounded. Nonpartisan. Independent.
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Synthetic Asymmetry describes how the convergence of AI, cyber operations, and synthetic media has created a new category of strategic power — one accessible to mid-tier states and non-state actors that rewrites who can project power, how fast, and at what cost.
The result is a strategic environment where weaker actors generate outsized effects against democratic institutions, critical infrastructure, and public trust, without crossing the threshold of traditional conflict. The Houthis holding global shipping lanes at risk. North Korea funding weapons development through cyber operations. China integrating AI and synthetic media across civil and military domains simultaneously.
Hybrid Warfare explains the What. Grey Zone explains the Where. Synthetic Asymmetry explains the How and the Why.
ISRS originated this framework and applies it across active threat domains.
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ISRS is active across three domains: democratic resilience, cyber, and post-conflict recovery. Its work is grounded in the conviction that open societies, rule of law, and democratic governance are worth defending, and that defending them requires more than rhetoric.
ISRS is led by practitioners with operational backgrounds in national intelligence, cybersecurity, diplomacy, and post-conflict advisory. Their experience is the foundation of how ISRS works.
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The Institute for Strategic Risk and Security (ISRS) is an independent, non-profit NGO focusing on global risk and security.
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