Author(s): Alexandra POPESCU, Teodora DOBRE
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: June 30, 2020
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Issue/ Volume: 23/2020
DOI:
Abstract
In the past few years, the Russian Federation has become a central point on the
security agenda of the most important international actors due to its aggressive foreign
policy, proven by its latest actions (the illegitimate annexation of Crimea, the actions
conducted in Syria and so on). However, by comparison with the Cold War era, Russia
has developed new mechanisms to gain power and influence on regional and
international level, demonstrating that it can and has the willingness to become the
powerful actor that used to be before the Cold War and the fall of the Communist Block
by building an empire able to stop the expansion of the North-Atlantic Treaty
Organization. Thus, the aim of this paper is to analyse (through instruments like
discourse and content analysis and literature review) the methods used by the Russian
state to conduct remote wars, without taking responsibility for its actions. Moreover, the
article will try to identify the role of the Russian propaganda machine in developing
Kremlin’s foreign policy, as well as in defining the concept of hybrid warfare as a new
form of confrontation.
Keywords: hybrid warfare, propaganda, disinformation, foreign policy,
Russian Federation.
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