India, Aug. 31 -- The Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz, writing in the 19th century, called war "an act of force to compel our enemy to do our will". That description still holds, but the force is no longer only military. It is diplomatic, informational and economic too. In recognition of this, the US Depart-ment of Defense christened these forms of engagement the DIME framework (Dip-lomatic, Informational, Military, Economic). The concept was born amid the Cold War, and influenced how the US wielded power and enacted conflict in the international arena. The DIME doctrine envisioned a world held together by alliances, negotiations and treaties (aka diplomacy), propaganda, narrative control and psychological operations (the informational...