Denys Kolesnyk is a French geopolitical and information risk consultant based in Paris. He specialises in security and defence issues in Central and Eastern Europe, including Poland, Ukraine, and Russia, with a particular focus on Information Warfare and influence operations.
He has worked at the NATO Liaison Office to Ukraine, with Effective Engagement Strategies, and as a consultant for range of other entities. He has also served as an associate expert with the East European Security Research Initiative. In 2022, he founded Info Ops France, an initiative aimed at strengthening the informational resilience of French society. He currently serves as President of the MENA Research Center think-tank.
Mr. Kolesnyk holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas and is pursuing his PhD at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM), focusing on the issues of disinformation, social networks, media narratives, and their impact on public opinion. He tweets at @denkolesnyk.
- 2024/08/06 Grey Zone eliminated in Mali together with Russian mercenaries and the FAMa
- 2023/10/05 Mental Warfare - Russian-style Cognitive Warfare
- 2022/05/20 Discursus de bello Moscovitico
- 2021/12/06 Does the Russian warmongering rhetoric hint at the invasion of Ukraine?
- 2021/11/01 France unveils a Cyber Influence Warfare doctrine
- 2021/10/21 Is Information Confrontation a new Russian concept?
- 2021/07/16 Russia adopts a new National Security Strategy
- 2021/02/04 Russia and Iran sign information security cooperation agreement
- 2019/11/26 On Reflexive Control
- 2019/02/17 Vladislav Surkov on "Putin's long state"
- 2019/01/23 Information Warfare according to Col. Komov