From Hashtag to Blank Space: How Gen Z Protest Culture Can Reshape the Strategic Environment
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From Hashtag to Blank Space: How Gen Z Protest Culture Can Reshape the Strategic Environment
CSAG INFORMATION PAPER
By: Ms. Sanna Stark (CF4), SWE Armed Forces, (CSAG)
30 December 2025
Subject: “From Hashtag to Blank Space: How Gen Z Protest Culture Can Reshape the Strategic Environment”
Purpose: This paper aims to understand the reasons behind protests and riots in several countries in the past year that have been ignited by the so-called Generation Z (Gen Z) born 1997 to 2012, as well as the potential implication this may have on the CENTCOM AOR.
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The opinions and conclusions expressed herein are those of a number of international officers within the Combined Strategic Analysis Group (CSAG) and do not necessarily reflect the views of United States Central Command, not of the nations represented within the CSAG or any other governmental agency.
