The Next Phase of Russian Information Warfare (by Keir Giles) Download publication file (6.79 MB) About us. About Strategic Communications; Structure; Employees; Vacancies & Internships; Annual reports; Find us / Contact us; Steering committee; FAQ; Resources. Event Europe. This ongoing “propaganda war” is the most recent and frightening example of information warfare. While Russia has maintained its ability to conduct information warfare over the past several decades, the United States is ill-prepared to fight a new Cold War. In a military publication from 1999, IO is defined as “…actions taken to affect adversary information and information systems while defending one’s own information and information systems.”The publication addresses IW as “Information warfare (IW) is IO conducted during time of … The Russian incursion into eastern Ukraine, and eventual annexation of Crimea in 2014, serves as the current model of a sustained IW campaign and provides examples of successes and failures in these efforts. This argument from the arsenal of applied geopolitics has been used for years. Originally this chapter was to explore an analogy between cyber warfare and Russia’s traditional conception and practice of information warfare (IW). Information operations and warfare, also known as influence operations, includes the collection of tactical information about an adversary as well as the dissemination of propaganda in pursuit of a competitive advantage over an opponent. However, an examination of Russian strategy, argumentation, and practice in Estonia, Georgia, and Ukraine between 2006 and 2016 demonstrates that the relationship between cyber warfare and IW is not analogous but rather some-thing more. Event Europe. RAND research has enabled military leaders and policymakers to develop strategies and policy frameworks to address the challenges of these military … This includes the use of bots, trolls, microtargeting to spread disinformation. Information Warfare: The Russian Invasion of Crimea. The ramifications of this conceptual distinction —both for how the Russians use cyber and under what circumstances—are considerable. Information warfare is a vital component of Russian strategy in Ukraine. John Curry, Senior Lecturer in Games Design, Bath Spa University and Lewis Blanks, Cyber Security Researcher, delve into the allegations concerning Russia meddling in other countries’ elections through cyber-power. See Adamsky, “Cross-Domain Coercion,” 24; Gerasimov, “The Value of Science Is in the Foresight”; Margarita Jaitner, “Russian Information Warfare: Lessons from the Ukraine,” in Cyber War in Perspective: Russian Aggression against Ukraine, ed. Here are a number of "informational conflict" examples of where the Russian information warfare campaign came to a massive halt and it was inflicted on them by just normal run of the mill social media types using one of the most important concepts needed to counter the "informational conflict"--truth, and more truth repeated 10, 20, 100 times a day across the social media spectrum. Six months later, NATO's supreme commander, General Philip Breedlove, paid homage to Russia’s tactics in the Crimea seizure, calling them "the most amazing information-warfare … Russian Information Warfare: An Advancing Front of Disinformation and Propaganda . Information Warfare In The Light Of Russia’s Military Doctrine”, OSW Point of View No. weapons of information warfare that would be familiar to any student of Russian or Soviet military doctrine, including disinformation operations, PsyOps, electronic warfare, and political subversion. Russia is one such nation. Riga, LV1048, Latvia. There are several examples of Russia’s hybrid warfare in Ukraine — such as support for attacks on minorities to instigate interethnic violence or accusations against Poroshenko of profiting from his chocolate factory in the Russian city of Lipetsk while the then-president’s company insisted that profits from the plant actually went for taxes and charities in Ukraine. One way of understanding Russia’s actions in the information arena and how it views threats and the protection of Russian sovereignty is to study officially published doctrines, policy documents, and statements by representatives of the regime. The Russian government is becoming more sophisticated in mastering the tools of political warfare for the digital age. Information Warfare. Nevertheless, it is now clear that Russia developed a more holistic approach through bitter experience forged in the first Chechen war. The research article deals with the particular example of Russian information warfare in the Czech Republic’s disinformation media. IW can be attributed to activities conducted outside the scope of those overt international or civil political conflicts we associate with military operations—for example, activities conducted by nongovernmental or commercial organizations and even individuals. For a reverse example, Russia’s concept of “hybrid warfare,” or the so-called Gerasimov doctrine — a term used to describe a blend of conventional and irregular warfare as well as political and cyber warfare — was actually coined to describe what the Russian military perceived as Western military tactics. 15. Russian politicians and journalists have argued that information battles are necessary for “the Russian/Eurasian civilisation” to counteract “informational aggression from the Atlantic civilisation led by the USA”. vulnerability to Russian information warfare, with those of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) among the best examples. Moscow additionally deploys information operations troops that regularly create disinformation and post pro-Russian propaganda. Russian use of cyber power to meddle in elections is well-known, but its effectiveness is less clear. Russia has extensive experience in raiding as a form of warfare. Russia is synonymous with information warfare, although this has arguably always been a part of that state’s toolset. The study focuses on such media’s framing of the Norwegian children social welfare system. For example “Basic Principles for State Policy of the Russian Federation in the held of International Information Security to 2020, Approved by the President of the Russian Federation July 24, 2013.” approach to information security. One significant example of information warfare in the western debate is the Russian mainstream media's dissemination of the Kremlin's disputed statements about Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. Online library; Useful Links; Other Centres of Excellence; Contacts . The more antiquated IO doctrine distinguished between information warfare and information operations. It aims to contribute to the debate about immoral, non-traditional and anomic society narratives used by Russian information warfare actors. For example, in 2011 the head of the Russian Academy of Military Sciences General Makhmut Gareyev wrote that . This doctrine is being employed tactically in Ukraine today. Russian Information Warfare: Implications for Deterrence teory Strategic Studies Quarterly ♦ Fall 2018 71 tendencies to grab land and people in the Russian “near-abroad” (the former Soviet Union states that have now gained their independence). 16 However, his ability to hold on to power and forays into Russia’s near-abroad have not been enough. The senior administration official described the Russian strategy: “They think of information space as a domain of warfare. 50, May 2015. The Russian term for raiding is nabeg. A resurgence of fascism, rampant Russophobia, the ethnic cleansing of local Russian populations, drunk NATO soldiers – this is how Russia portrays and slanders the societies of the Baltic States. As a Russian information warfare specialist noted, The introduction of information totalitarianism has now become the norm in international relations. Russia has used the internet via social media to launch multiple narratives of the events in Crimea and eastern Ukraine to sow confusion, promote disinformation, and paint the west in … Russia understands this completely and has developed a war fighting operational doctrine that falls within the larger Russian doctrine of Information Warfare. Without further ado, let’s look are some of the major takeaways from the report. The international community faces serious challenges arising from a new mode of information warfare, which Russia has deployed during the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in 2014-2015. The United States largely abandoned these capabilities following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The growing influence of the mass media on the course and substance of political processes and the functioning of governmental mechanisms is one of the dominant trends in the development of contemporary society. Information Warfare Russian and Chinese Style It is probable that foreign nations are developing doctrine and tactics for IW and assembling IW "weapons." The best recent example of blowback was the failed Russian mercenary attack on February 7 east of Deir Ezzor. Address: 11b Kalnciema str. Russian Information Warfare in the Baltic States — Resources and Aims. Dezinformatsiya and the art of information warfare.

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