Download full text
(86.87Kb)
Citation Suggestion
Please use the following Persistent Identifier (PID) to cite this document:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-86990-5
Exports for your reference manager
Russian Information Warfare in the European Union
[journal article]
Abstract The European Union is one of Russia's prime subjects in the modern information war. Russia targets the EU using both covert and overt disinformation methods, while thematically focusing on divisive topics like member state sovereignty and the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared to other international actors... view more
The European Union is one of Russia's prime subjects in the modern information war. Russia targets the EU using both covert and overt disinformation methods, while thematically focusing on divisive topics like member state sovereignty and the COVID-19 pandemic. Compared to other international actors, the EU's policy response has been relatively robust, focusing on increasing its populace's media literacy and working with tech companies to regulate disinformation on their platforms. Although ahead of many others, coordination and implementation issues inherent to the EU's structure have limited its ability to counter Russian disinformation in certain areas. This article aims to use the EU as a case study to contribute to the literature around viable policy options for combating Russian information warfare operations.... view less
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 13-16
Journal
Russian Analytical Digest (2022) 282
Issue topic
Russian Information Warfare
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000541999
ISSN
1863-0421
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0