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050 00 $aD2025.5.R8$bH47 2016
082 00 $a327.470182/1$223
100 1 $aHerpen, Marcel van,$eauthor.
245 10 $aPutin's propaganda machine :$bsoft power and Russian foreign policy /$cMarcel H. Van Herpen.
264 1 $aLanham :$bRowman & Littlefield,$c[2016]
300 $axvi, 319 pages ;$c23 cm
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520 2 $a"This book 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 plays not only a central role in its 'hybrid war' in Ukraine, but that it 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"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPart I. The search for Russian "soft power" -- Russian soft power : hard power in a velvet glove -- The three components of the Russian soft power offensive : mimesis, roll back, and invention -- "Reputation laundering" : how Western communication firms help improve the Kremlin's image -- The propaganda offensive in the Western media, part I : the creation of "Russia today" (RT), "Russia beyond the headlines," and "Rossiya segodnya" -- The propaganda offensive in the Western media, part II : buying Western newspapers, the increasing grip on the social media, the "Kremlin School of Bloggers" -- Financing politicians and political parties -- Spies and spooks as soft power instruments? -- Part II. Creating a new missionary ideology : the role of the Russian Orthodox Church -- The Russian Orthodox Church : the Kremlin's secret weapon? -- Attacking universal human rights in the international forums-- A global church for the Kremlin? -- The Russian Orthodox Church : a pillar of Russian neoimperialism? -- Part III. Undermining Atlanticism : building a "strategic triangle" Moscow-Berlin-Paris -- An emerging Moscow-Berlin axis? -- Germany's Kremlin-friendly political class -- Russian-German "Verflechtung" : creating mutual economic interdependence -- The Kremlin's conquest of France -- Conclusions.
600 10 $aPutin, Vladimir Vladimirovich,$d1952-$xPolitical and social views.
610 20 $aRusskai Ła pravoslavnai Ła t Łserkov £$xPolitical aspects$zRussia (Federation)
651 0 $aRussia (Federation)$xForeign relations$zWestern countries.
651 0 $aWestern countries$xForeign relations$zRussia (Federation)
650 0 $aUkraine Conflict, 2014-
650 0 $aPropaganda$zRussia (Federation)
650 0 $aInformation warfare$zRussia (Federation)
650 0 $aMass media$xPolitical aspects$zRussia (Federation)
650 0 $aPublic relations and politics$zRussia (Federation)
651 0 $aRussia (Federation)$xPolitics and government$y1991-
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