Putin S Propaganda Machine

Author : Marcel H. Van Herpen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442253629

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Putin's Propaganda Machine by Marcel H. Van Herpen Pdf

Putin’s Propaganda Machine examines Russia’s “information war,” one of the most striking features of its intervention in Ukraine. Marcel H. Van Herpen argues that the Kremlin’s propaganda offensive is a carefully prepared strategy, implemented and tested over the last decade. Initially intended as a tool to enhance Russia’s soft power, it quickly developed into one of the main instruments of Russia’s new imperialism, reminiscent of the height of the Cold War. Van Herpen demonstrates that the Kremlin’s propaganda machine not only plays a central role in its “hybrid war” in Ukraine, but also has broader geopolitical objectives intended to roll back the influence of NATO and the United States in Europe. Drawing on years of research, Van Herpen shows how the Kremlin built a multitude of soft power instruments and transformed them into effective weapons in a new information war with the West. /span

Author : Salome Samadashvili
Publisher : Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9782930632407

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Muzzling the Bear by Salome Samadashvili Pdf

Russia has once again positioned itself as an adversary of the West and issued a new challenge to European security at its borders. It is also ideologically challenging the Western model of political and economic liberalism. How the EU responds to this challenge might define Europe for the foreseeable future. Designing strategies to counter Russian propaganda in Europe should be one of the central components of Europe’s response to Russia’s challenge.

Author : Committee on Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-28
Category : Russia (Federation)
ISBN : 1539121003

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U.s. Policy Toward Putin's Russia by Committee on Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives,United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs Pdf

Winston Churchill famously described Russia as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma," but less well-known is what he said next. He said, "But perhaps there is a key. And that key is Russian national interest." The problem is that are not dealing with the interests of the Russian people. Instead, we are dealing with the interests of Vladimir Putin. Putin has not demonstrated much interest in cooperating with the United States. In fact, many of his policies are directly undermining America-from selling advanced weapons to Iran to destabilizing our allies by sending waves of Syrian refugees, over several million now, across their borders. In addition, Russia's propaganda machine, RT television, broadcasts a constant stream of disinformation about the United States, the U.K., and other events happening in the world. For the first time since the end of the Cold War, we have been forced to increase our military presence in Europe. Yet, in this environment, Putin continues to escalate, repeatedly sending Russian warplanes to buzz U.S. ships and planes in international waters.

Author : Martin Ebon
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038208422

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The Soviet Propaganda Machine by Martin Ebon Pdf

Author : Owen Matthews
Publisher : Mudlark
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0008562784

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Overreach by Owen Matthews Pdf

*A Telegraph Book of the Year* *Shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book Awards* An astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war - from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol. The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis since the Second World War - and yet at the heart of the conflict is a mystery. Vladimir Putin apparently lurched from a calculating, subtle master of opportunity to a reckless gambler, putting his regime - and Russia itself - at risk of destruction. Why? Drawing on over 25 years' experience as a correspondent in Moscow, as well as his own family ties to Russia and Ukraine, journalist Owen Matthews takes us through the poisoned historical roots of the conflict, into the Covid bubble where Putin conceived his invasion plans in a fog of paranoia about Western threats, and finally into the inner circle around Ukrainian president and unexpected war hero Volodimir Zelensky. Using the accounts of current and former insiders from the Kremlin and its propaganda machine, the testimony of captured Russian soldiers and on-the-ground reporting from Russia and Ukraine, Overreach tells the story not only of the war's causes but how the first six months unfolded. With its panoramic view, Overreach is an authoritative, unmissable record of a conflict that shocked Europe to its core.

Author : Committee on Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1547289988

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Confronting Russia's Weaponization of Information by Committee on Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives Pdf

The Russian campaign, described as the "weaponization of information," threatens U.S. security. Russia's propaganda machine is in overdrive; part of the focus is to subvert democratic stability, and foment violence in Eastern Europe. Russia has deployed an information army inside television, radio, and newspapers throughout Europe. You hear conspiracy theories on Russian broadcasts that the U.S. Government is responsible for everything from the attack on 9/11 to the downing of Malaysia Flight MH17 over Ukraine. Independent journalists in Russia have come under attack. Journalists in Russia have been killed. Russian speakers in the frontline states like the Baltic, Ukraine, and Moldova continue to be told that their governments want to oppress and render them second class citizens. In parts of Europe where there aren't Russian speaking populations there is also a message that Western democracy is morally corrupt and that integration with Europe since the Cold War has failed. It is estimated that Putin is spending more than $600 million a year to deride democratic pluralism. What U.S.-backed news and information that does get published is a thimble of journalistic credibility in an ocean of Russian-driven news distortion.

Author : Marcel H. Van Herpen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442253599

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Putin's Wars by Marcel H. Van Herpen Pdf

This fully updated book offers the first systematic analysis of Putin’s three wars, placing the Second Chechen War, the war with Georgia of 2008, and the war with Ukraine of 2014–2015 in their broader historical context. Drawing on extensive original Russian sources, Marcel H. Van Herpen analyzes in detail how Putin’s wars were prepared and conducted, and why they led to allegations of war crimes and genocide. He shows how the conflicts functioned to consolidate and legitimate Putin’s regime and explores how they were connected to a fourth, hidden, “internal war” waged by the Kremlin against the opposition. The author convincingly argues that the Kremlin—relying on the secret services, the Orthodox Church, the Kremlin youth “Nashi,” and the rehabilitated Cossacks—is preparing for an imperial revival, most recently in the form of a “Eurasian Union.” An essential book for understanding the dynamics of Putin’s regime, this study digs deep into the Kremlin’s secret long-term strategies. Readable and clearly argued, it makes a compelling case that Putin’s regime emulates an established Russian paradigm in which empire building and despotic rule are mutually reinforcing. As the first comprehensive exploration of the historical antecedents and political continuity of the Kremlin’s contemporary policies, Van Herpen’s work will make a valuable contribution to the literature on post-Soviet Russia, and his arguments will stimulate a fascinating and vigorous debate.

Author : Anton Shekhovtsov
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317199953

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Russia and the Western Far Right by Anton Shekhovtsov Pdf

The growing influence of Russia on the Western far right has been much discussed in the media recently. This book is the first detailed inquiry into what has been a neglected but critically important trend: the growing links between Russian actors and Western far right activists, publicists, ideologues, and politicians. The author uses a range of sources including interviews, video footage, leaked communications, official statements and press coverage in order to discuss both historical and contemporary Russia in terms of its relationship with the Western far right. Initial contacts between Russian political actors and Western far right activists were established in the early 1990s, but these contacts were low profile. As Moscow has become more anti-Western, these contacts have become more intense and have operated at a higher level. The book shows that the Russian establishment was first interested in using the Western far right to legitimise Moscow’s politics and actions both domestically and internationally, but more recently Moscow has begun to support particular far right political forces to gain leverage on European politics and undermine the liberal-democratic consensus in the West. Contributing to ongoing scholarly debates about Russia’s role in the world, its strategies aimed at securing legitimation of Putin’s regime both internationally and domestically, modern information warfare and propaganda, far right politics and activism in the West, this book draws on theories and methods from history, political science, area studies, and media studies and will be of interest to students, scholars, activists and practitioners in these areas.

Author : Marvin Kalb
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815726654

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Imperial Gamble by Marvin Kalb Pdf

Marvin Kalb, a former journalist and Harvard professor, traces how the Crimea of Catherine the Great became a global tinder box. The world was stunned when Vladimir Putin invaded and seized Crimea in March 2014. In the weeks that followed, pro-Russian rebels staged uprisings in southeastern Ukraine. The United States and its Western allies immediately imposed strict sanctions on Russia and whenever possible tried to isolate it diplomatically. This sharp deterioration in East-West relations has raised basic questions about Putin's provocative policies and the future of Russia and Ukraine. Marvin Kalb, who wrote commentaries for Edward R. Murrow before becoming CBS News' Moscow bureau chief in the late 1950's, and who also served as a translator and junior press officer at the US Embassy in Moscow, argues that, contrary to conventional wisdom, Putin did not "suddenly" decide to invade Crimea. He had been waiting for the right moment ever since disgruntled Ukrainians rose in revolt against his pro-Russian regime in Kiev's Maidan Square. These demonstrations led Putin to conclude that Ukraine's opposition constituted an existential threat to Russia. Imperial Gamble examines how Putin reached that conclusion by taking a critical look at the recent political history of post-Soviet Russia. It also journeys deep into Russian and Ukrainian history to explain what keeps them together and yet at the same time drives them apart. Kalb believes that the post-cold war world hangs today on the resolution of the Ukraine crisis. So long as it is treated as a problem to be resolved by Russia, on the one side, and the United States and Europe, on the other, it will remain a danger zone with global consequences. The only sensible solution lies in both Russia and Ukraine recognizing that their futures are irrevocably linked by geography, power, politics, and the history that Kalb brings to life in Imperial Gamble.

Author : Mikhail Zygar
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781610397407

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All the Kremlin's Men by Mikhail Zygar Pdf

An extraordinary behind-the-scenes portrait of the court of Vladimir Putin, the oligarchs that surround it, and the many moods of modern Russia that reads like a "real House of Cards"(Lev Lurie). All the Kremlin's Men is a gripping narrative of an accidental king and a court out of control. Based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin's inner circle, this book presents a radically different view of power and politics in Russia. The image of Putin as a strongman is dissolved. In its place is a weary figurehead buffeted--if not controlled--by the men who at once advise and deceive him. The regional governors and bureaucratic leaders are immovable objects, far more powerful in their fiefdoms than the president himself. So are the gatekeepers-those officials who guard the pathways to power-on whom Putin depends as much as they rely on him. The tenuous edifice is filled with all of the intrigue and plotting of a Medici court, as enemies of the state are invented and wars begun to justify personal gains, internal rivalries, or one faction's biased advantage. A bestseller in Russia, All the Kremlin's Men is a shocking revisionist portrait of the Putin era and a dazzling reconstruction of the machinations of courtiers running riot.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Disinformation
ISBN : STANFORD:36105050689541

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Confronting Russia's Weaponization of Information by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs Pdf

Author : Arkady Ostrovsky
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780399564185

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The Invention of Russia by Arkady Ostrovsky Pdf

WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE WINNER OF THE CORNELIUS RYAN AWARD FINALIST FOR THE LIONEL GELBER PRIZE FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR “Fast-paced and excellently written…much needed, dispassionate and eminently readable.” —New York Times “Filled with sparkling prose and deep analysis.” –The Wall Street Journal The breakup of the Soviet Union was a time of optimism around the world, but Russia today is actively involved in subversive information warfare, manipulating the media to destabilize its enemies. How did a country that embraced freedom and market reform 25 years ago end up as an autocratic police state bent once again on confrontation with America? A winner of the Orwell Prize, The Invention of Russia reaches back to the darkest days of the cold war to tell the story of Russia's stealthy and largely unchronicled counter revolution. A highly regarded Moscow correspondent for the Economist, Arkady Ostrovsky comes to this story both as a participant and a foreign correspondent. His knowledge of many of the key players allows him to explain the phenomenon of Valdimir Putin - his rise and astonishing longevity, his use of hybrid warfare and the alarming crescendo of his military interventions. One of Putin's first acts was to reverse Gorbachev's decision to end media censorship and Ostrovsky argues that the Russian media has done more to shape the fate of the country than its politicians. Putin pioneered a new form of demagogic populism --oblivious to facts and aggressively nationalistic - that has now been embraced by Donald Trump.

Author : Peter Pomerantsev
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780571340446

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Nothing is True and Everything is Possible by Peter Pomerantsev Pdf

'Electrifying.' Anne Applebaum'Mesmerising.' Financial Times'Seductive and terrifying in equal measure.' The Times'Required reading.' ObserverA journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia: into the lives of Hells Angels convinced they are messiahs, professional killers with the souls of artists, bohemian theatre directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, supermodel sects, post-modern dictators and oligarch revolutionaries. This is a world erupting with new money and new power, changing so fast it breaks all sense of reality, where life is seen as a whirling, glamorous masquerade where identities can be switched and all values are changeable. It is home to a new form of authoritarianism, far subtler than 20th century strains, and which is rapidly expanding to challenge the global order.An extraordinary book - one which is as powerful and entertaining as it is troubling - Nothing is True and Everything is Possible offers a wild ride into this political and ethical vacuum.

Author : Stephen F. Cohen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781510745827

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War with Russia? by Stephen F. Cohen Pdf

Is America in a new Cold War with Russia? How does a new Cold War affect the safety and security of the United States? Does Vladimir Putin really want to destabilize the West? What should Donald Trump and America’s allies do? America is in a new Cold War with Russia even more dangerous than the one the world barely survived in the twentieth century. The Soviet Union is gone, but the two nuclear superpowers are again locked in political and military confrontations, now from Ukraine to Syria. All of this is exacerbated by Washington’s war-like demonizing of the Kremlin leadership and by Russiagate’s unprecedented allegations. US mainstream media accounts are highly selective and seriously misleading. American “disinformation,” not only Russian, is a growing peril. In War With Russia?, Stephen F. Cohen—the widely acclaimed historian of Soviet and post-Soviet Russia—gives readers a very different, dissenting narrative of this more dangerous new Cold War from its origins in the 1990s, the actual role of Vladimir Putin, and the 2014 Ukrainian crisis to Donald Trump’s election and today’s unprecedented Russiagate allegations. Topics include: Distorting Russia US Follies and Media Malpractices 2016 The Obama Administration Escalates Military Confrontation With Russia Was Putin’s Syria Withdrawal Really A “Surprise”? Trump vs. Triumphalism Has Washington Gone Rogue? Blaming Brexit on Putin and Voters Washington Warmongers, Moscow Prepares Trump Could End the New Cold War The Real Enemies of US Security Kremlin-Baiting President Trump Neo-McCarthyism Is Now Politically Correct Terrorism and Russiagate Cold-War News Not “Fit to Print” Has NATO Expansion Made Anyone Safer? Why Russians Think America Is Attacking Them How Washington Provoked—and Perhaps Lost—a New Nuclear-Arms Race Russia Endorses Putin, The US and UK Condemn Him (Again) Russophobia Sanction Mania Cohen’s views have made him, it is said, “America’s most controversial Russia expert.” Some say this to denounce him, others to laud him as a bold, highly informed critic of US policies and the dangers they have helped to create. War With Russia? gives readers a chance to decide for themselves who is right: are we living, as Cohen argues, in a time of unprecedented perils at home and abroad?

Author : Todd C. Helmus,Elizabeth Bodine-Baron,Andrew Radin,Madeline Magnuson,Joshua Mendelsohn,William Marcellino,Andriy Bega,Zev Winkelman
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780833099570

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Russian Social Media Influence by Todd C. Helmus,Elizabeth Bodine-Baron,Andrew Radin,Madeline Magnuson,Joshua Mendelsohn,William Marcellino,Andriy Bega,Zev Winkelman Pdf

Researchers analyzed Russian social media data and conducted interviews with regional and security experts to understand the critical ingredients to countering Russia's propaganda campaign against former Soviet states.