Influence Strategy

1. Reflexive control: Influence an adversary to want to make decisions designed by the protagonist--without adversary being aware of manipulation. 2. Zugzwang: German. Zug: to move. Zwang: compulsion. Compel a target's countermove that will weaken the target's position (target subverts itself). 3. Telemachus: Greek. Warfare from afar--conducting influence from another country or continent. 4. Slow burn: Thousand subtle pricks. Each disparate tactic is indirect, subtle, unthreatening--unlikely raise alarms. In its totality, there are eventually strategic effects. 5. Stealth/deception: Because influence is by definition indirect and insensible, deception and stealth are often vital to successful influence.