Disinformation Narratives And Memory Politics In Russia And Belarus

Author : Agnieszka Legucka
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000608484
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Disinformation, Narratives and Memory Politics in Russia and Belarus written by Agnieszka Legucka and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-05 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the ways in which Russia and Belarus use disinformation, "weaponised" historical narratives, and the politics of memory for domestic and foreign policy purposes, utilising these factors to justify aggressive foreign policy in defensive terms and, domestically, for legitimating local ruling elites, consolidating the states’ propaganda machines, and mobilising both societies around national power centres. Besides analysing Russian and Belarusian disinformation, geopolitical narratives, and policies, the book also assesses the effectiveness of these measures and discusses how the West can counteract the geopolitical narratives disseminated by Russia and Belarus that attempt to undermine Western democracies and weaken the resilience of its societies.

Author : Andis Kudors
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003802346
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russia and Latvia written by Andis Kudors and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-11-17 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores Russia’s relations with Latvia, arguing that Latvia, with a higher proportion of Russian speakers than other Baltic states, is especially vulnerable to Russia’s “sharp power”. The book highlights how authoritarian and totalitarian regimes are unable to exercise soft power based on the attractiveness of the country's culture and values, which would help them gain the favour of the audience of the target countries, but instead, as in the case of Russia, use public diplomacy, compatriot policy, media policy, propaganda, and disinformation to produce a destructive effect, distorting the democracies of target countries and increasing national security risks. The book provides in-depth detail on how Russia is making use of this “sharp power” in Latvia, examines the consequences and assesses the dangers for the future.

Author : Mariëlle Wijermars
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351007181
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memory Politics in Contemporary Russia written by Mariëlle Wijermars and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the societal dynamics of memory politics in Russia. Since Vladimir Putin became president, the Russian central government has increasingly actively employed cultural memory to claim political legitimacy and discredit all forms of political opposition. The rhetorical use of the past has become a defining characteristic of Russian politics, creating a historical foundation for the regime’s emphasis on a strong state and centralised leadership. Exploring memory politics, this book analyses a wide range of actors, from the central government and the Russian Orthodox Church, to filmmaker and cultural heavyweight Nikita Mikhalkov and radical thinkers such as Aleksandr Dugin. In addition, in view of the steady decline in media freedom since 2000, it critically examines the role of cinema and television in shaping and spreading these narratives. Thus, this book aims to gain a better understanding of the various means through which the Russian government practices its memory politics (e.g., the role of state media) and, on the other hand, to sufficiently value the existence of alternative and critical voices and criticism that existing studies tend to overlook. Contributing to current debates in the field of memory studies and of current affairs in Russia and Eastern Europe, this book will be of interest to scholars working in the fields of Russian Studies, Cultural Memory Studies, Nationalism and National Identity, Political Communication, Film, Television and Media Studies.

Author : Imogen Sophie Kristin Wade
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000624579
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Innovation and Modernisation in Contemporary Russia written by Imogen Sophie Kristin Wade and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines how technological modernisation and innovation policies have been implemented in Russia from the Soviet era to the present day. It discusses how since about 2000 the Russian state has attempted to address the country’s excessive dependence on natural resources by implementing an ambitious programme of economic modernisation, including giving innovation more policy prominence, boosting state funding for research and development and innovation, and emphasising science towns and technology parks as key instruments for stimulating innovation. Based on extensive original research, taking a multidisciplinary approach, and including detailed case studies, the book explains why, despite these efforts, Russia is performing comparatively poorly in innovation outcomes. It argues that a key factor is the country’s political economy model in which science, technology, and innovation policies are mainly controlled and funded by the federal centre of power and led by domestic political and economic elites.

Author : Stefan Hedlund
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000869938
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ukraine, Russia and the West written by Stefan Hedlund and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did Russia’s all-out war against Ukraine come as such a surprise to the West? This is a key question considered by this reflective and wide-ranging book. The book argues that Russia and the West were playing different games: while Russia under Putin had become obsessed with using hard power to restore the Cold War security architecture in Europe, the major Western powers had become equally obsessed with value promotion that would ensure a global triumph for the values of the West, touted as “universal values.” The Russian play for spheres of interest was clearly defined and demarcated, the Western play for values was, by definition, without limits. Hence there could be no common ground, no constructive communication, and no common understanding. While Russia convinced itself that it would be successful in forcing the West to accept its claims for a new security order, based on hard power, Western governments deluded themselves into believing that value promotion would transform Russia into a liberal democracy and a rules-based market economy. Examining the full situation, exploring political, military, economic and business spheres, the book provides a deep analysis of how the present confrontation has come about.

Author : M. Hakan Yavuz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000608492
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict written by M. Hakan Yavuz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-07-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive overview of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the long-running dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Armenian-held enclave within Azerbaijan. It outlines the historical development of the dispute, explores the political and social aspects of the conflict, examines the wars over the territory including the war of 2020 which resulted in a significant Azeri victory, and discusses the international dimensions.

Author : Irina Busygina
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000889971
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regional Leadership in Post-Soviet Eurasia written by Irina Busygina and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-22 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores power in international relations, in a world characterized by the growing competition of major powers for smaller nations. Focusing on the major powers and smaller countries of Eurasia, it argues that power in international relations is different from coercion and is rather a social contract between a leader state and follower states where reciprocity is key and where leadership relationships cannot be adequately explained by focusing solely on the leader. It challenges the perception that genuine regional leadership is quite common, contending instead that it is rare; that much more often major powers make claims for leadership; and that regional leadership does not indicate the status of a particular state, but rather the social role of the leader, which is recognized by its followers, a role which is always relative and based on communication and constant interaction with followers. The book highlights the important role followers play in recognizing regional power, the importance for a state's regional leadership strategy in creating and holding a valuable position attractive for followers and delivering greater value to followers compared to other potential leaders.

Author : Robert Chenciner
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000906167
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dagestan - History, Culture, Identity written by Robert Chenciner and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dagestan – History, Culture, Identity provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of Dagestan, a strategically important republic of the Russian Federation which borders Chechnya, Georgia and Azerbaijan, and its people. It outlines Dagestan’s rich and complicated history, from 5th c ACE to post USSR, as seen from the viewpoint of the Dagestani people. Chapters feature the new age of social media, urban weddings, modern and traditional medicine, innovative food cultivation, the little-known history of Mountain Jews during the Soviet period, flourishing heroes of sport and finance, emerging opportunities in ethno-tourism and a recent Dagestani music revival. In doing so, the authors examine the large number of different ethnic groups in Dagestan, their languages and traditions, and assess how the people of Dagestan are coping and thriving despite the changes brought about by globalisation, new technology and the modern world: through which swirls an increasing sense of identity in an indigenous multi-ethnic society.

Author : Jamil Hasanli
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000604268
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stalin’s Early Cold War Foreign Policy written by Jamil Hasanli and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-14 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immediately after the Allied WW2 victory in Europe, claims were made by the Soviet Union over the eastern regions of Turkey, to secure direct control over the Bosporus, Dardanelles, and Turkish Straits. The detailed study of the international components of these events, featuring the veiled complexities of Stalin’s anti-Turkish diplomacy, provides a key to understanding crucial aspects of these Soviet territorial claims. Iranian Azerbaijan became another hotspot of post-war confrontation between the western Allies and the USSR: Soviet policy towards Iran manifested in the desire to access their oil resources. A further direction emerging within Soviet post-war strategy was the Kurdish issue in the Near and Middle East. At the conjunction of Turkish and Iranian events, Soviet secret service bodies and diplomatic institutions exploited their strengths and toyed with Kurdish minorities in the region. Their decisions placed the bordering regions of China, Turkey, and Iran squarely in the shadowy reaches of Moscow’s policy. This research uses newly discovered archive material to illustrate the underlying intrigue behind Soviet ambition and intimately tracks how the Soviet Union was defeated in the first Cold War confrontation over its southern borders. It also links events of this period with the critical issue of Uyghur assimilation, and further contemporary developments highlighting Putin’s policies, making it invaluable for both academic and general readers.

Author : Agnieszka Turska-Kawa
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031376080
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War in Ukraine. Media and Emotions written by Agnieszka Turska-Kawa and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-10-29 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of the book is to present the war in its two versions and dimensions, i.e., the media image and the human factor. The choice of these two areas has not been random. Due to the situation, communication, also the one that mobilizes and shapes attitudes toward war, has moved to the Internet. From the first days of the war, pieces of information have generated various emotions, which translated into individual feelings, but also evoked broadly understood movement—in the area of spreading (dis) information and direct behavior. This movement was multi-level—we see the mobilization of people in the area of conspiracy theories, the expression of difficult emotions in memes, as well as a test of strength in the information war between Russia and Ukraine. The presentation of Volodymir and Olena Zelenski in the media also had an undeniable impact of mobilization, and their attitude built the image of heroic Ukraine from the very beginning. These and other relationships between the indicated factors are presented in the book.