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Putin's Propaganda Machine
eBook - Soft Power and Russian Foreign Policy
ISBN/EAN: 9781442253629
Umbreit-Nr.: 2162395
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 336 S.
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Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 01.10.2015
Auflage: 1/2015
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Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <span><span>Putin's Propaganda Machine</span><span> examines Russias information war, one of the most striking features of its intervention in Ukraine. Marcel H. Van Herpen argues that the Kremlins propaganda offensive is a carefully prepared strategy, implemented and tested over the last decade. Initially intended as a tool to enhance Russias soft power, it quickly developed into one of the main instruments of Russias new imperialism, reminiscent of the height of the Cold War. The author describes a multifaceted strategy that makes use of diverse instruments, including mimicking Western public diplomacy initiatives, hiring Western public-relations firms, setting up front organizations, buying Western media outlets, financing political parties, organizing a worldwide propaganda offensive through the Kremlins cable network RT, and publishing paid supplements in leading Western newspapers. In this information war, key roles are assigned to the Russian diaspora and the Russian Orthodox Church, the latter focused on spreading so-called traditional values and attacking universal human rights and Western democracy in international fora. Van Herpen demonstrates that the Kremlins propaganda machine not only plays a central role in its hybrid war in Ukraine, but also has broader international objectives, targeting in particular Europes two leading countriesFrance and Germanywith the goal of forming a geopolitical triangle, consisting of a Moscow-Berlin-Paris axis, 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 has built an array of soft power instruments and transformed them into effective weapons in a new information war with the West.<br></span></span>
- Kurztext
- <span><span>Putins Propaganda Machine</span><span>examines Russias information war, one of the most striking features of its intervention in Ukraine. Marcel H. Van Herpen argues that the Kremlins propaganda offensive is a carefully prepared strategy, implemented and tested over the last decade. Initially intended as a tool to enhance Russias soft power, it quickly developed into one of the main instruments of Russias new imperialism, reminiscent of the height of the Cold War. Van Herpen demonstrates that the Kremlins 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></span>
- Autorenportrait
- <span><span>Marcel H. Van Herpen</span><span> is director of the Cicero Foundation, a think tank based in Maastricht and Paris. He specializes in defense and security developments in Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union. His books include</span><span>Putinism: The Slow Rise of a Radical Right Regime in Russia</span><span> and</span><span>Putins Wars:</span><span>The Rise of Russia's New Imperialism.</span><span>His personal website is</span><span><a href="http://marcelhvanherpen.com"><span>http://www.marcelhvanherpen.com</span></a></span><span>.</span></span><br><span><span><br><br><br><br></span></span>