Political warfare

Political warfare is the intentional use of non-combat methods, such as diplomacy, misinformation, and economics, to affect the decision making of governments. Other tactics to influence policy making include cyber attacks, and propaganda campaigns. Psychological operations are for strategic and tactical military objectives and may be intended for military and civilian populations.

Political warfare also involves "the art of heartening friends and disheartening enemies, of gaining help for one's cause and causing the abandonment of the enemies'".