{"slug": "the-faceless-war-how-artificial-intelligence-rewrote-the-map-of-power", "title": "The Faceless War: How Artificial Intelligence Rewrote the Map of Power", "summary": "A Small Wars Journal essay by Arizona State University argues that a handful of private technology firms now control the infrastructure underpinning both military power and public perception, citing a 2025 wargaming experiment at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the June 2025 Israel-Iran conflict's information war as evidence that AI has rewritten the map of power.", "body_md": "Abstract A small number of private technology firms now build the infrastructure on which both military power and the public’s perception of reality depend. Drawing on a 2025 wargaming experiment at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and on the documented information war of the June 2025 Israel-Iran conflict, this essay argues that simulated combat and cognitive warfare …\n\n[Read more](https://smallwarsjournal.com/2026/09/01/faceless-war-ai-military-power/)\n\nThe post [The Faceless War: How Artificial Intelligence Rewrote the Map of Power](https://smallwarsjournal.com/2026/09/01/faceless-war-ai-military-power/) appeared first on [Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University](https://smallwarsjournal.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-faceless-war-how-artificial-intelligence-rewrote-the-map-of-power", "canonical_source": "https://smallwarsjournal.com/2026/09/01/faceless-war-ai-military-power/", "published_at": "2026-09-01 06:00:41+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-01 06:23:22.339823+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy"], "entities": ["Small Wars Journal", "Arizona State University", "U.S. Army Command and General Staff College"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-faceless-war-how-artificial-intelligence-rewrote-the-map-of-power", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-faceless-war-how-artificial-intelligence-rewrote-the-map-of-power.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-faceless-war-how-artificial-intelligence-rewrote-the-map-of-power.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/the-faceless-war-how-artificial-intelligence-rewrote-the-map-of-power.jsonld"}}