President Vladimir Putin’s Russia seeks to weaken Western institutions and governments. Its disinformation campaigns attempt to exacerbate pre-existing divisions and create polarisations in societies. These campaigns are often most visible during elections, but they do not stop when the ballot box closes. Instead they are one of a number of tools in the Kremlin’s broader tool-kit of malign influence, which also includes cyber-hacking, illicit finance, and the use of economic warfare.
In this panel discussion Nina Jankowicz will share findings from her new book, How To Lose The Information War, which surveys how Central and Eastern European countries have combatted Russian disinformation and compares this with the approach of the United States. And Brian Whitmore will put this into a much broader context, describing the role of disinformation in the Russia’s broader malign influence tool-kit and drawing out lessons for how the West and individual countries can respond.President Vladimir Putin’s Russia seeks to weaken Western institutions and governments. Its disinformation campaigns attempt to exacerbate pre-existing divisions and create polarisations in societies. These campaigns are often most visible during elections, but they do not stop when the ballot box closes. Instead they are one of a number of tools in the Kremlin’s broader tool-kit of malign influence, which also includes cyber-hacking, illicit finance, and the use of economic warfare.
In this panel discussion Nina Jankowicz will share findings from her new book, How To Lose The Information War, which surveys how Central and Eastern European countries have combatted Russian disinformation and compares this with the approach of the United States. And Brian Whitmore will put this into a much broader context, describing the role of disinformation in the Russia’s broader malign influence tool-kit and drawing out lessons for how the West and individual countries can respond. |