manipulation

In tradecraft, coercive persuasion is a form of psychological manipulation that’s used to change an individual’s beliefs,...

Tradecraft guide to ‘cold reading’ people in the field to make accurate deductions about a (random) person’s...

The psychological tradecraft guide of how to defeat narcissists; navigating interactions with these individuals as opponents to...

Infiltration is the tradecraft art of gaining access or acceptance to an enemy’s inner circle, group, territory,...

Fear can be a powerful tool. It can be weaponized to be used to gain leverage and...

PSYOPS (Psychological Operations) are tactics used by individuals and groups to influence a certain population’s emotions, beliefs,...

As per tradecraft tactics, strategic intimidation is a psychological form of manipulation to assert dominance over a...

Misdirection is a skillset art form employed by covert operatives using deception to throw off their opponents,...

The purpose, tactics, strategies and methodology of the negotiating skillset of intelligence officers, covert operatives and clandestine...

A communicational tradecraft skillset of turning an adversary / enemy into a friendly / ally for strategic...

Social hacking is the process of using social engineering techniques to gain access to sensitive information or...

In the world of espionage, there is one skill that is absolutely essential for every spy: the...