Description

• Title:
  AGGRAVATING UNCERTAINTY – RUSSIAN INFORMATION WARFARE IN THE WEST
• Creator:
  Ciosek, Ireneusz
• Description:
  According to vast evidence material, Russia actively tries to influence the situation in Western societies by creating and aggravating uncertainty with the usage of weaponized information. It can be treated as an important part of Russian application of sharp power in the West. The purpose of the article is to explore the selected exemplifications of Russian activities and create a map of disruptive operations against the Western “hearts and minds”. The main scientific methods used in the study are desk research and content analysis. The employment of these methods is crucial to conduct the study of official Russian documents and identified cases of anti-Western information operations.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2020 Torun International Studies
• Date:
  2020.04.24
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Torun International Studies; Vol. 1 No. 13 (2020); 57-72;
  Torun International Studies; Tom 1 Nr 13 (2020); 57-72;
  2391-7601;
  2391-4920
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Nicolaus Copernicus University
• Relation: https://apcz.umk.pl/TSM/article/view/TIS.2020.005/25507
• Subject:
  Russian foreign policy;
  soft power;
  information operations;
  The West;
  NATO;
  EU
• Identifier: https://apcz.umk.pl/TSM/article/view/TIS.2020.005
• Data provider:
  Akademicka Platforma Czasopism
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text