Low-intensity conflictA low-intensity conflict (LIC) is a military conflict, usually localised, between two or more state or non-state groups which is below the intensity of conventional war. It involves the state's use of military forces applied selectively and with restraint to enforce compliance with its policies or objectives. The term can be used to describe conflicts where at least one or both of the opposing parties operate along such lines.
Crowd manipulationCrowd manipulation is the intentional or unwitting use of techniques based on the principles of crowd psychology to engage, control, or influence the desires of a crowd in order to direct its behavior toward a specific action. This practice is common to religion, politics and business and can facilitate the approval or disapproval or indifference to a person, policy, or product. The ethicality of crowd manipulation is commonly questioned. Crowd manipulation differs from propaganda—although they may reinforce one another to produce a desired result.
Politique de la peurPolitique de la peur est une expression qui désigne la politique d'un gouvernement qui utilise la peur collective de la population pour faire adopter des mesures réduisant les libertés individuelles. Dès le début du , H. L. Mencken, journaliste, écrivain, célèbre critique de la culture américaine, considérait que « le but de la politique est de garder la population inquiète et donc en demande d’être mise en sécurité, en la menaçant d’une série ininterrompue de monstres, tous étant imaginaires ». John W.
