“Russian Propaganda”: On Social Networks, in Eastern Europe, and Soon Everywhere

... presidential election, has turned into a new “major threat” for political circles in Washington. The dispute involving key American think tanks, including RAND Corporation, extends to more general questions about the role of information in international relations.... ... “Moscow blends attributed, affiliated, and nonattributed elements and exploits new realities of online and social media to conduct information warfare at a perhaps unprecedented scale and level of complexity” (pp. 7–8). “The Russian government’s sphere ...