Features

Russian information operations seek strategic realignment in Europe By Dr. Graeme P. Herd, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies The Russian state-owned Rossiya-1 television channel premiered the film Miroporyadok…

Russia manipulates media in pursuit of psychological warfare By Prof. Viljar Veebel, Estonian National Defense College The international community faces serious challenges arising from a new mode of information warfare that Russia has…

A Western response to Russia’s hybrid threat  By Capt. David P. Canaday, U.S. Army Hybrid war is a term that is sweeping the strategic security community worldwide. Much like the torture technique noted in this article’s title, hybrid…

Types of media spreading pro-Russian propaganda, their characteristics and frequently used narratives By Ivana Smoleňová, Prague Security Studies Institute “Today, nobody questions the fact that Putin has waged an information propaganda…

How the Kremlin employs narratives to destabilize the Baltic states By Capt. Brian P. Cotter, U.S. Army The Russian annexation of the Crimean Peninsula grabbed headlines in March 2014, just a short time after Ukrainian President Viktor…

Kyiv lacks the tools to fight phantoms conjured up by Moscow By Roman Shutov, program director of Telekritika, Kyiv For Ukrainians, the war in eastern Ukraine has become an everyday reality. Only two years ago, though, no one in the…

A history of migration, displacement + integration by Dr. Anne Hammerstad A large-scale migration and refugee crisis is unfolding in Europe. During the course of 2015, more than 1 million people arrived aboard overflowing and often…

An EU embassy-based system in third-party countries would reduce harm to migrants and refugees By Kostas Karagatsos In the past couple of decades, refugees and economic migrants originating from Africa and Asia have surged toward Greece…

Terrorists rarely exploit refugee networks to conduct attacks By Dr. Sam Mullins, Marshall Center In October 2014, RT news reported that “U.S. intelligence sources” had “unencrypted locked communications of the caliphate’s leadership,”…

In the autumn of 2015, the Marshall Center asked several alumni to share short, personal commentaries about how the migration challenge has played out in their countries. Views of the alumni — Ana Breben of Romania, retired Rear Adm. Ivica…