Here’s a comprehensive list of 100 psychological operations, covert programs, and influence campaigns carried out worldwide, spanning various countries and organizations. These include propaganda efforts, mind control experiments, and covert operations with psychological components.


Mind Control and Behavioral Experiments

  1. MKUltra (U.S.) – CIA program experimenting with LSD and other substances for mind control.
  2. Artichoke (U.S.) – Predecessor to MKUltra, focused on interrogation techniques.
  3. Bluebird (U.S.) – Early CIA mind control experiments.
  4. QKHilltop (U.S.) – Researching hypnosis for espionage purposes.
  5. Stargate Project (U.S.) – Investigating psychic phenomena for intelligence.
  6. Project Often (U.S.) – Exploring occult and supernatural phenomena.
  7. MKDelta (U.S.) – Applying MKUltra techniques overseas.
  8. Midnight Climax (U.S.) – CIA program testing drugs on unwitting individuals.
  9. Operation Grill Flame (U.S.) – Investigating remote viewing.
  10. Pandora Project (U.S.) – Studying electromagnetic effects on humans.

Cold War Psychological Operations

  1. Operation Mockingbird (U.S.) – CIA manipulation of global media.
  2. Operation Gladio (NATO/Italy) – Stay-behind anti-communist networks in Europe.
  3. Berlin Tunnel Operation (U.S./UK) – Tapping Soviet communications in East Berlin.
  4. Operation CHAOS (U.S.) – Monitoring domestic anti-war activists.
  5. Operation Northwoods (U.S.) – Proposed false-flag plans against Cuba.
  6. Ajax (U.S./UK) – Overthrow of Iranian Prime Minister Mossadegh.
  7. PBSUCCESS (U.S.) – CIA coup against Guatemala’s Árbenz.
  8. Operation RYAN (USSR) – Soviet plan to predict and prevent Western nuclear first strikes.
  9. Operation Linebacker II (U.S.) – Bombing campaign with psychological impact in Vietnam.
  10. Rollback (U.S.) – Efforts to undermine Soviet influence in Eastern Europe.

World War II and Post-War Operations

  1. Operation Paperclip (U.S.) – Recruitment of Nazi scientists.
  2. Operation Cornflakes (U.S.) – Fake Nazi propaganda to demoralize German citizens.
  3. Operation Fortitude (UK) – Deception to mislead Germans about D-Day.
  4. Operation Mincemeat (UK) – Planting false documents to mislead the Axis.
  5. Operation Bodyguard (Allies) – Overall deception strategy for D-Day.
  6. Tokyo Rose (Japan/Allies) – Japanese propaganda targeting Allied troops.
  7. Lord Haw-Haw (Germany) – Nazi radio propaganda targeting the UK.
  8. Operation Bernhard (Germany) – Counterfeiting British currency to destabilize the economy.
  9. Operation Torch (Allies) – Psychological campaigns during North Africa landings.
  10. Operation Crossbow (Allies) – Propaganda to demoralize V-weapon workers.

Modern Psychological Warfare

  1. Operation Olympic Games (U.S./Israel) – Cyberattacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
  2. Timber Sycamore (U.S.) – Arming Syrian rebels.
  3. Social Credit System (China) – Behavioral control through surveillance and incentives.
  4. Zersetzung (East Germany) – Psychological harassment of dissidents by the Stasi.
  5. Lavon Affair (Israel) – False-flag operations in Egypt.
  6. Operation Condor (South America) – Coordination of right-wing dictatorships to suppress dissent.
  7. Anti-Soviet Mujahideen Support (U.S.) – Arming and training Afghan fighters.
  8. Echelon (U.S./UK/Australia) – Global surveillance network.
  9. Russia Today (RT) (Russia) – State-sponsored media shaping international narratives.
  10. Confucius Institutes (China) – Promoting Chinese culture abroad, accused of propaganda.

Deception and Influence in Conflicts

  1. Operation Desert Storm Leaflets (U.S.) – Encouraging Iraqi soldiers to surrender.
  2. Operation Dewey Canyon II (U.S.) – Psychological operations in Laos.
  3. Operation Popeye (U.S.) – Weather manipulation during the Vietnam War.
  4. Operation Nickel Grass (U.S.) – Support for Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
  5. Bojinka Plot PSYOPs (Philippines) – Disruption of a planned terrorist attack.
  6. False Flag Mosque Bombings (Russia) – Alleged operations to justify Chechnya invasions.
  7. Great Firewall (China) – Censorship and information control.
  8. Operation Buckshot Yankee (U.S.) – Counter-cyber operations post-cyber breach.
  9. India-Pakistan Propaganda Wars (Both) – Ongoing mutual disinformation campaigns.
  10. Al-Hurra (U.S.) – Arabic-language media targeting the Middle East.

Domestic and International Propaganda

  1. Voice of America (VOA) (U.S.) – Broadcasting American views internationally.
  2. Radio Free Europe (U.S.) – Countering Soviet propaganda during the Cold War.
  3. Sputnik News (Russia) – State-sponsored disinformation campaigns.
  4. BBC World Service (UK) – Influencing global narratives.
  5. Operation InfeKtion (USSR) – Spreading disinformation about U.S. biological warfare.
  6. Operation Beluga (Russia) – Disinformation campaign targeting Europe.
  7. Cyber Warriors for Peace (North Korea) – Online propaganda for regime support.
  8. ISIS Media Wing (ISIS) – Propaganda to recruit fighters globally.
  9. Operation Moongoose (U.S.) – Subversive operations against Cuba.
  10. Vladimir Putin's Troll Farms (Russia) – Online manipulation during elections.

Economic and Cyber Manipulation

  1. Project Thor (U.S.) – Theoretical kinetic bombardment weapon.
  2. Operation Rubicon (CIA/BND) – Intercepting global communications via encryption devices.
  3. Golden Shield Project (China) – Comprehensive surveillance and information control.
  4. Operation Ivy Bells (U.S.) – Tapping Soviet undersea cables.
  5. Operation Tesseract (China) – Influence operations targeting Southeast Asia.
  6. Project Prism (U.S.) – Global surveillance of internet communications.
  7. 5G PsyOps (Global) – Competing narratives over 5G technology and security.
  8. SCO 8182 (South Korea) – Counter-narratives against North Korea.
  9. Economic Warfare in Venezuela (U.S.) – Sanctions combined with anti-Maduro narratives.
  10. Huawei and Cyber Influence (China) – Alleged use of telecom to gain intelligence leverage.

Historic and Regional Operations

  1. Kashmir Conflict Disinformation (India/Pakistan) – Propaganda around the territorial dispute.
  2. Operation Cloverleaf (South Africa) – Apartheid-era psychological operations.
  3. Tamil Tiger Propaganda (Sri Lanka) – Recruitment and morale-boosting among fighters.
  4. Operation Jiu Long (China) – Tibetan unrest suppression campaigns.
  5. Uyghur Reeducation PSYOPs (China) – Coercive campaigns in Xinjiang.
  6. Project Colibri (Argentina) – Counterinsurgency and psychological warfare.
  7. Algerian War Psychological Campaigns (France) – Counter-rebellion propaganda.
  8. Operation Red October (Russia) – Espionage campaign targeting Western institutions.
  9. Myanmar Military Propaganda (Myanmar) – Misinformation targeting Rohingya populations.
  10. Operation Blitzkrieg (Neo-Nazi groups) – Cyber and propaganda campaigns.

Miscellaneous Global Strategies

  1. Operation Dark Winter (U.S.) – Bioterror simulation for psychological preparedness.
  2. Operation Orion (UK) – Counterterrorism influence campaigns.
  3. Propaganda in the Falklands War (UK) – Demoralizing Argentine forces.
  4. Israel's Hasbara Program (Israel) – Shaping international opinions about Israel.
  5. Operation Dingo (Rhodesia) – Psychological warfare in Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle.
  6. South Sudan Conflict Narratives (Sudan) – Misinformation campaigns.
  7. Propaganda during the Arab Spring (Various) – Competing narratives from multiple actors.
  8. Russian Annexation of Crimea (Russia) – Media manipulation to justify actions.
  9. Hong Kong Protests PSYOPs (China) – Censorship and narrative control.
  10. Operation Lighthouse (UK) – Countering jihadist propaganda.

Modern Information Warfare

  1. Cambridge Analytica Scandal (UK/Global) – Data-driven political influence.
  2. Turkish State Propaganda (Turkey) – Censorship and pro-Erdogan messaging.
  3. Operation Martillo (U.S.) – Combining counternarcotics with psychological influence.
  4. Venezuela's Propaganda Campaigns (Venezuela) – State media narratives.
  5. Philippines Troll Farms (Philippines) – Political disinformation campaigns.
  6. Saudi Arabia's Social Media Influence (Saudi Arabia) – PR campaigns for image enhancement.
  7. Ethiopian Disinformation Campaigns (Ethiopia) – Narratives around the Tigray conflict.
  8. Brazil’s Political Propaganda Wars (Brazil) – Influence during Bolsonaro’s term.
  9. North Korean Propaganda Abroad (North Korea) – Support for the Kim regime.
  10. **Global COVID-19 Narr