In the wake of the Helsinki summit, Moscow’s state information service Russia Today baldly declared that “Russia has defeated the US in the information war,” arguing that this had happened because Russia with its centralized approach...
1. This report, which was prepared by 39 experts over several months, does not bring much new knowledge or innovative policy recommendations. One positive thing is that it correctly uses the term “disinformation” instead of “fake...
Recent days have featured a drumbeat of developments suggesting Russia is preparing for war: Moscow has boosted its military spending, Vladimir Putin has told businesses to go on a military footing, Patriarch Kirill has spoken about a...
Donald Trump’s on-again, off-again acceptance of Vladimir Putin’s claim that Moscow didn’t interfere in the 2016 US presidential elections has the effect, like the focus on Watergate scandal during the Nixon Administration of...
As awareness about the issue of disinformation grows globally, those working for RT and Sputnik find themselves under increasing scrutiny, and whistleblowers begin to appear more frequently. Thanks to testimonies that surface from inside...
Conflict Context To start, the Euromaidan—the initial flashpoint from which armed conflict became possible—was not simply a response to the failures of the Orange Revolution in 2004, but a larger movement against structural failures...
Information attacks from Russia in light of tension in Russo-Belarusian relations have demonstrated Minsk’s inability to counteract them efficiently. Belarus’ costly propaganda machine was unable to act without a clear guidance from...
US President-elect Donald Trump hasn’t assumed office and his Electoral College vote has yet to be officially confirmed by the Congress, though he has already come into conflict with other branches of government regarding two...
One of the ways Russia achieves national goals is by creating falsifications and conspiracy theories. When Russia wants to, it can create high-quality fakes and sophisticated deceptions with brilliant intricacy, like operation...
The new doctrine on information security Vladimir Putin signed this week shows that the Kremlin leader is gearing up for a vastly expanded information war abroad and at home, one that has already brought him enormous benefits by...
The fight for its creation was not easy. President Petro Poroshenko, the author of Ukraine’s judicial reform, resisted the idea till the very last moment. The pressure of society and Ukraine’s western partners made him change his mind....
