Fake news creates a vicious circle of distrust challenging both Russia and the West
Special counsel Robert Mueller, who is running the probe into Russia’s alleged meddling in the U.S. domestic affairs,... ... spreading its narrative and “fake news” during the presidential race and contributed to the victory of American billionaire Donald Trump, nominated by the Republican Party. These accusations highlighted the scale of the fake-news problem in the post-truth ...
.... US diplomacy may drive itself into a policy of double deterrence toward Moscow and Beijing. This risk became obvious in 2016 when problems emerged over disputed islands in the South China Sea.
Serious changes are taking place inside the collective West. The past year released the energy of social protest that had been accumulating for a long time in response to moderate election platforms and routine rhetoric from the entrenched establishment. Brexit and Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election became symbols of these changes. The referendum in Great Britain as such is not a serious threat to the European Union but the enormous collection of problems will compel the EU to revise its ...
