Kremlin’s Weaponization of Media
Peter Pomerantsev is a Senior Fellow at Legatum Institute, a London-based think tank. Together with Michael Weiss he recently published a report on Putin’s media strategy – The Menace of Unreality....
View ArticlePutin’s Mixed Messages Show Loss of Control
By John Lough Mar. 25 2015 19:16 President Vladimir Putin’s messages to his domestic and foreign audiences are escalating tensions with Western countries and forcing him to up the stakes for fear of...
View ArticleShock and Draw: Here’s the graphic cartoon U.S. airdropped on ISIS
By Michael Cavna March 26 at 4:45 PM IN THE Martin Scorsese-directed “Life Lessons,” within the larger film “New York Stories,” a grizzled abstract painter played by Nick Nolte is cleaned-up and...
View ArticleBill Browder’s nasty glimpse into the black heart of Putin’s Russia
Bill Browder’s book has been on the New York Times best-seller list for six weeks, as readers devour his insights into Vladimir Putin’s Russia. (Simon and Schuster) House of Commons passes unanimous...
View ArticleThe war of narratives in Operation Protective Edge
IDF soldiers take part in Operation Protective Edge.. (photo credit:ANNA GOLIKOV) By BENJAMIN RUNKLE, WILLIAM CALDWELL 03/29/2015 Perhaps nowhere was “the war of narratives” more actively pursued by a...
View ArticleOn this day in 1867, Russia sold Alaska to the U.S.
On this day in 1867, Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. The 7.2 million dollar deal came in handy amid difficult financial circumstances in Russia, and the U.S. acquired a territory rich in oil and gas....
View ArticleMovie victim – sexual harassment (فيلم المجني عليها –التحرش الجنسى)
Very few of you know me personally. Those of you who know me personally may not know that I am a feminist. I support equality for all. Actually, I am a humanist, I believe in equality for all. I saw...
View ArticleTeradiferous
I was playing with some Russian trolls on Facebook today. Trolls are not known for great English skills, and the one I was dealing with certainly fit that category. He wrote: “People without country...
View ArticleSyrian President Bashar Al Assad Says Media Is Responsible For ‘Malicious...
The Huffington Post | By Jackson Connor Posted: 03/30/2015 1:04 pm EDT Earlier this year, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons found“with a high degree of confidence” that...
View ArticleThe latest IO Sphere is out!
Winter IO Sphere: The Winter edition of the IO Sphere has been published andposted. The theme for this issue is “The State of the Joint IO Enterprise.” The IO Sphere is available in PDF version and...
View ArticleInterventionism Kills: Post-Coup Ukraine One Year Later
I have been reading quotes from Russian sources, attributed to Ron Paul, and not believing they were authentic. They were. Here they are, from his own website, copied and cited, per request of his...
View ArticlePutin’s Conveniently Imperfect Memory
(Source: AP) Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 12 Issue: 58 March 30, 2015 03:46 PM Age: 1 day By: Pavel K. Baev The Kremlin press service announced last week that President Vladimir Putin...
View ArticleCzech Mates: Locals Support American Troops
By SEAN CARNEY People welcome soldiers of the U.S. Army arriving in Ruzyne barracks during the “Dragoon Ride” military exercise in Prague March 30, 2015. REUTERS/David W Cerny Reuters A surge of...
View ArticleInfowarCon 2015 April 28-30, Nashville, TN
FINAL SCHEDULE April 28 – 30, 2015 in Nashville, TN We can’t tell you how excited we and our CATS partners are to have such a spectacular highly interdisciplinary lineup for InfowarCon 2015. From a...
View ArticleRethinking US International Broadcasting: A Conversation on Mission, Strategy...
Rethinking US International Broadcasting: A Conversation on Mission, Strategy and Organization By many accounts, US international broadcasting’s mission is unclear, its attachment to US foreign policy...
View ArticleInfowarCon 2015: April 28-30, 2015 – Nashville, TN
I’ll be there. You should be there. http://infowarcon.com/ FINAL SCHEDULE April 28 – 30, 2015 in Nashville, TN We can’t tell you how excited we and our CATS partners are to have such a spectacular...
View ArticleRussian Trolls’ Vast Library Of Insulting Images
April 04, 2015 Ever wonder where the droves of Russian-language Internet trolls get those satirical graphics they deploy to smear Western and Ukrainian leaders? Turns out there’s a website with a vast...
View ArticleShocking Russian national broadcast invokes Nazism, terrorism and USSR...
A Nazi swastika symbol spelled out in human beings, just one of the many over-the-top features of this fantasy-land production from Crimea The whole thing is so fantastic and so far from any part of...
View ArticlePork, Bacon, Pigs – Oxford University warns authors not to write about bacon,...
What a crock of crap. “Oxford University warns authors not to write about bacon, pork to avoid offending Muslims”. I am consistently amazed at how PC everybody has to be, to the detriment of life for...
View ArticleInfowarCon 2015
There are only 10 seats left for InfoWarCon 2015. Take a look at the agenda and you will WANT to sign up. $299.00 for 3 action filled days that include all food, endless libations, and the great city...
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