NEWSLINK & VIDEO: The Menace of Unreality: Combatting Russian Disinformation in the 21st Century

[“The Menace of Unreality: Combatting Russian Disinformation in the 21st Century” – Legatum Institute Events – Oct. 30, 2014]

The Legatum Institute hosted a panel discussion with the theme of “The Menace of Unreality: Combatting Russian Disinformation in the 21st Century.”

The Legatum Institute reports:

Anne Applebaum, Director of the Legatum Institute’s Transitions Forum, moderated a discussion with Geoffrey Pyatt, US Ambassador to Ukraine, Oleksander Scherba, Ambassador at Large at the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Michael Weiss, Editor-in-Chief of The Interpreter, and Peter Pomerantsev, journalist and documentary producer. John Herbst, Director of the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Centre at the Atlantic Council and partner for this event, gave introductory remarks.

The Kremlin’s war in Ukraine includes not just covert military action, but deception and confusion- a new vision of how to conduct warfare in the 21st century. To fight Russian disinformation we must first define it.

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