Salil Puri

About the author

is a member of the Psychological Operations Regiment, enlisting after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a quadruple major in History, Middle Eastern Studies, Government, and Psychology, later earning an MA in Security Policy. As a consultant for the Culper Group, Salil helps clients with strategic communication, focusing on identifying and neutralizing deception and disinformation. Visit www.TheCulperGroup.net or contact him via [email protected]

Looking back at 2007 and Darfur

Back during my second run at college I wrote for the Daily Texan. Here’s a piece worth revisiting: Free Tibet, stop Darfur, save Congo! The Daily Texan April 11, 2007 While dodging flyers for the cause d’jour, I chuckle a bit at the student lobbyists who ask me if I’d like to “help free Tibet […]

American Universities and Influence Research

Recently, you’ve probably heard a lot about Influence Activities or Influence Operations, usually in the context of Russia and the 2016 election. For many Americans, this topic may seem to have come out of nowhere. At SOFREP though, we’ve been talking about it for a long time. See here, here, here, here, here, here, and […]

UT Austin rejects communist influence

The Chinese government has spent the last several years developing soft power and influence capabilities. Like many other countries, this effort includes investing in schools. Schools are ideal platforms for propaganda dissemination. China has established Confucius Institutes around the world. The China-United States Exchange Foundation (CUSEF) has the benign mission of “facilitating open and constructive exchange […]

Hawaiian nuclear alert: What if it was real?

Saturday the Civil Defense system in Hawaii sent out a mass alert regarding an inbound ballistic missile, sending many residents of the 50th state into a near panic. Luckily, the alert was an error. But what if it wasn’t? The fact is that the North Korean regime is trying to develop a nuclear delivery capability. […]

Are Clinton and Trump Too Powerful to Touch?

Vice President Gerald Ford stated, “Our Constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws and not of men.” Our government’s legitimacy rests on this principle. As citizens, we believe, at least to some degree, that even the mighty can not act with impunity.