Putin's Propaganda Machine

Soft Power and Russian Foreign Policy

Häftad, Engelska, 2015

Av Marcel H. Van Herpen, Marcel H. Van Herpen

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Putin's Propaganda Machine examines Russia’s “information war,” one of the most striking features of its intervention in Ukraine. Marcel H. Van Herpen argues that the Kremlin’s propaganda offensive is a carefully prepared strategy, implemented and tested over the last decade. Initially intended as a tool to enhance Russia’s soft power, it quickly developed into one of the main instruments of Russia’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 Kremlin’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 Kremlin’s propaganda machine not only plays a central role in its “hybrid war” in Ukraine, but also has broader international objectives, targeting in particular Europe’s two leading countries—France and Germany—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.

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Utgivningsdatum2015-10-01
Mått152 x 227 x 18 mm
Vikt458 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781442253612

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Marcel H. Van Herpen is director of the Cicero Foundation, a think tank based in Maastricht and Paris. He specializes in defense and security developments in Russia and the countries of the former Soviet Union. His books include Putinism: The Slow Rise of a Radical Right Regime in Russia and Putin’s Wars:The Rise of Russia's New Imperialism. His personal website is http://www.marcelhvanherpen.com.

Author Note and AcknowledgmentsGlossary and AbbreviationsIntroductionPart I: The Search for Russian "Soft Power"Chapter 1: Russian Soft Power: Hard Power in a Velvet GloveChapter 2: The Three Components of the Russian Soft Power Offensive: Mimesis, Roll Back, and Invention Chapter 3: "Reputation Laundering": How Western PR Firms Help Improve the Kremlin’s ImageChapter 4: The Propaganda Offensive in the Western Media–Part I: The Creation of Russia Today (RT), Russia beyond the Headlines, and Rossiya SegodnyaChapter 5: The Propaganda Offensive in the Western Media–Part II: Buying Western Newspapers, The Increasing Grip on the Social Media, The "Kremlin School of Bloggers"Chapter 6: Financing Politicians and Political PartiesChapter 7: Spies and Spooks as Soft Power InstrumentsPart II: Creating a New Missionary Ideology: The Role of the Russian Orthodox ChurchChapter 8: The Russian Orthodox Church: The Kremlin’s Secret "Soft Power" Weapon?Chapter 9:Attacking Universal Human Rights in the International ForumsChapter 10: A Global Church for the Kremlin?Chapter 11: The Russian Orthodox Church: A Pillar of Russian Neo-Imperialism?Part III: Undermining Atlanticism: Building a "Strategic Triangle" Moscow-Berlin-ParisChapter 12: An Emerging Moscow-Berlin Axis?Chapter 13: Germany’s Kremlin-Friendly Political ClassChapter 14: Russian-German "Verflechtung":Creating Mutual Economic InterdependenceChapter 15: The Kremlin’s Conquest of FranceChapter 16: Conclusions BibliographyAbout the Author

The disinformation campaign that accompanied Russia's invasion of Ukraine was unprecedented in the post-Soviet era, provoking the US Department of State to assume the role of fact checker! Beginning with Moscow's ‘soft power’ campaign, which morphed into the Kremlin's ‘information war,’ Van Herpen (director, Cicero Foundation, Maastricht and Paris) analyzes Russia's ‘propaganda machine’ in terms of its tools and methods, effectiveness, and limitations. Following a comprehensive account of the evolution of the Kremlin's use of domestic and foreign media, Van Herpen focuses on the role of the Russian Orthodox Church as a case study of Russia's ‘secret weapon.’ The last third of his book is an insightful analysis of the Kremlin's success, if not to entirely deceive, then to create confusion among Western countries generally but Germany in particular and France most recently. He concludes with an inventory of Kremlin successes and failures. Viewing the Russian propaganda machine as a crucial aspect of Moscow's ‘reimperialization’ of the post–Soviet space, Van Herpen argues that the West needs to stop tolerating Moscow's media presence. It should also make a greater effort to counter Russian propaganda. The book is strongly recommended to scholars as well as specialists on Russia and international affairs. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readership levels except community college.