Summary. -- The Soviet era and the "hidden hand." -- After the fall: the compensatory myth. -- Russian information doctrine under Putin. -- Ukraine tips the scales -- Conclusion. -- Notes
Summary
To the extent that any unified theory of Russian information warfare actually exists, its core tenet might well be that regime security has historically been indivisible from information warfare in Russian strategic thought. Rather than an aggressive or expansionist expression of Moscow’s foreign policy, the Kremlin’s so-called information war should primarily be viewed through a domestic and regime security prism—it’s as much a counterinsurgency as an expeditionary strategy, less an escalation than a projection. Analysts and decisionmakers should therefore avoid reflexively casting the United States and the West as Russia’s primary antagonists in its information war, as doing so risks reinforcing these insecurities and exaggerating Moscow’s degree of power in the information ecosystem
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"January 2023"--Cover
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-24)
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover page (Carnegie Endowment, viewed January 7, 2023)
