Putin's Propaganda Machine: Soft Power and Russian Foreign

Putin's Propaganda Machine: Soft Power and Russian Foreign Policy

Putin's Propaganda Machine examines Russiaâ€™s â€œinformation war,â€ one of the most striking features of its intervention in Ukraine. Marcel H. Van Herpen argues that the Kremlinâ€™s propaganda offensive is a carefully prepared strategy, implemented and tested over the last decade. Initially intended as a tool to enhance Russiaâ€™s soft power, it quickly developed into one of the main instruments of Russiaâ€™s new imperialism, reminiscent of the height of the Cold War. The author describes a multifaceted strategy that makes use of diverse instruments, including mimicking Western public diplomacy initiatives, hiring Western public-relations firms, setting up front organizations, buying Western media outlets, financing political parties, organizing a worldwide propaganda offensive through the Kremlinâ€™s cable network RT, and publishing paid supplements in leading Western newspapers. In this information war, key roles are assigned to the Russian diaspora and the Russian Orthodox Church, the latter focused on spreading so-called traditional values and attacking universal human rights and Western democracy in international fora. Van Herpen demonstrates that the Kremlinâ€™s propaganda machine not only plays a central role in its â€œhybrid warâ€ in Ukraine, but also has broader international objectives, targeting in particular Europeâ€™s two leading countriesâ€”France and Germanyâ€”with the goal of forming a geopolitical triangle, consisting of a Moscow-Berlin-Paris axis, intended to roll back the influence of NATO and the United States in Europe. Drawing on years of research, Van Herpen shows how the Kremlin has built an array of soft power instruments and transformed them into effective weapons in a new information war with the West.

Country	USA
Author	Marcel H. Van Herpen
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Rowman Littlefield Pub Inc
EAN	9781442253612
Feature	Rowman Littlefield Pub Inc
ISBN	1442253614
Label	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Manufacturer	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	336
PublicationDate	2015-10-01
Publisher	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Studio	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Putin's Propaganda Machine: Soft Power and Russian Foreign Policy

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