Anne Applebaum : Why would the Dutch vote for chaos and war, and against trade? I am mystified – Ukraine
Anne Applebaum: Why would the Dutch vote for chaos and war, and against trade? I am mystified.
Anatol Lieven: Don’t Fear the Russians|NYT
Mr Lieven does such a good job at calming western fears about Russia’s aggressive stance on all fronts. A very emollient piece of propaganda, interpreting as voluntary restraint, every time…
The Economist: Stop the War Britain’s left must reject the anti-West reactionaries at the heart of its movement
That is the thing with Stop the War. It is not anti-war so much as anti-West; a permanent howl of relativist anguish at NATO and its members. For example, the…
How Has Russia Weaponized Information? | CEPA
In CEPA’s latest report, Edward Lucas and Ben Nimmo describe the Kremlin’s ongoing disinformation campaign to subvert both international onlookers and its domestic population. CEPA Infowar Paper No. 1 describes…
From cold war to hot war | The Economist
Russia’s aggression in Ukraine is part of a broader, and more dangerous, confrontation with the West Source: From cold war to hot war | The Economist
Russia and its neigbours
Russia is using proxies very cleverly to achieve its aims and maintain deniability – congratulations FSB. This doesn’t make it any more legal or acceptable, but it’s a lot harder…
Trolls, trolls galore
Russian trolls with Anglo sounding names are working overtime. Dozens of names, writing the same things in all the fora. Spewing venom and repeating trite and retrite anti-western platitudes. Good…
The Independent: State television presenter warns Russia could ‘turn the US into radioactive dust’
The Independent posted on G+: State television presenter warns Russia could “turn the US into radioactive dust’ The Russian propaganda offensive, working overtime on the social networks – trolling every…
Russian upper house approves use of force in Ukraine
CNN: Russian upper house approves use of force in Ukraine Linked in a post on G+ Democratic Europe is paralysed in front of determined thugs – we saw it with…