Russia’s Weapon of Choice: Information Warfare – The Epoch Times.
WASHINGTON—With its annexation of Crimea, aggression in the eastern Ukraine, and military and economic threats to NATO nations, the Kremlin has resumed a new kind of Cold War. Regardless of what Vladimir Putin may say, his motives are not benign. The West has reacted with surprise, confusion, paralysis, and mostly inaction.
To understand the Kremlin’s modus operandi and to counter it, the Institute of Modern Russia (IMR), a nonprofit think tank based in New York, sponsored a special report. Authors Peter Pomerantsev and Michael Weiss described the methods the Kremlin uses to confuse its adversaries and exploit the West’s weaknesses.
“The Menace of Unreality: How the Kremlin Weaponizes Information, Culture, and Money” describes Russia as a Mafia state, whose leaders have no qualms about spreading falsehoods through the media, supplemented, if need be, by covert military threats and force deployment.
Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov can speak in diplomatic voices, while Russia is really engaged in a war with the West that is leaving it bewildered. The democracies of the world have not figured out how to deal with Putin and the challenges he poses to freedom, democracy and the security of nations.
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