Controversy and influence in the Ukraine war: a study of argumentation and counter-argumentation through Artificial Intelligence. – CIGAIA

This project will make a dual contribution inherent in its specific dual character, both civilian and military. At the civilian level, the research will allow us to better understand the argumentative strategies used in controversies on international issues and military operations. At the military level, the work carried out will enable us to better understand the information environment of military operations and its mechanisms. The proposed research is organized into two Axes. To understand the impact of contreversaries on armed conflict, the first axis studies the controversies in English and French taking place in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The second axis will focus on designing and implementing an Artificial Intelligence algorithm for the automatic analysis of argumentation in these controversies. This work is based on the joint creation of an annotated dataset from an initial mapping, allowing automatic argumentation analysis to identify and classify controversies. Building on the practical field of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, this project will lead to the creation of a decision support tool, capable of mapping the actors through the identification of controversies and their characterizations by means of argumentation and counter-argumentative strategies. The entire research project will broaden our knowledge on the use of artificial intelligence to study controversies and identify arguments for a better knowledge of the information environment of operations.