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      The “Active Measures” Links Page
      Oct01

      The “Active Measures” Links Page

      Vocabulary Lesson Active Measures Disinformation Fake News Hybrid Warfare KGB Theater Information Warfare Kompromat Orwellian Perceptual Control Reflexive Control Troll Farm Now there’s New Speak indeed! And much better than “Newspeak” (revisit Orwell): how dumb I / you / and we may be may be entirely up to ourselves! We may wish to become...

      Should the United States Arm Ukraine?

      While analysts agree that diplomacy is the ideal route to ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine, they disagree on whether the United States sending defensive weapons to Ukraine will achieve that end. On September 22, the Atlantic Council, in collaboration with the Charles Koch Institute, hosted a debate between experts: Should the United States...

      Trudeau Delivers Rallying Cry to Save Global Order
      Sep20

      Trudeau Delivers Rallying Cry to Save Global Order

      Canadian prime minister, South Korean president, pianist Lang Lang receive Atlantic Council’s Global Citizen Award Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister and the recipient of the Atlantic Council’s 2017 Global Citizen Award, on September 19 delivered a passionate rallying cry to protect the alliances that have underpinned...

      FTAC: 9/11 – Sixteen Years of Accelerating, Expanding Conflict Between Archaic Worlds and the Modern One
      Sep11

      FTAC: 9/11 – Sixteen Years of Accelerating, Expanding Conflict Between Archaic Worlds and the Modern One

      The medieval worldview and its marriage to financial and political power may be archaic in the modern world. Faith in God and religion may be good things, but as demonstrated by the Islamists, by the Saudi Royals and their spreading of Wahhabi madrasas, and by related clerical wealth dependent on subscription plus political repression, too much...

      FTAC: Middle East Conflict – Moscow’s Project – Abbas’s End
      Aug26

      FTAC: Middle East Conflict – Moscow’s Project – Abbas’s End

      Abba — Arafat’s known and others may be suspect — bend to Moscow (the KGB record never goes away), and as Moscow has nowhere to go that wouldn’t be trapped in a century-and-one-half old imperial time bubble, neither has Abbas, who has not been able to do more for the Palestinians than enrich his own network through corruption....

      Targeting Russia’s Oil: Why Sanctions Will Ultimately Work
      Jul31

      Targeting Russia’s Oil: Why Sanctions Will Ultimately Work

      It has been three years since the European Union (EU) and the United States enacted a series of sanctions against Russia for the unlawful annexation of Crimea and the subsequent war in eastern Ukraine. Some of these sanctions deliberately target Russia’s oil industry because it is the backbone of the country’s economy. However, as...

      Module: Moscow and the Middle East Conflict
      Jul18

      Module: Moscow and the Middle East Conflict

      The story begins in the feudal mode with medieval anti-Semitism. Excerpt – 1920s – The Spread of Hate – Russia -> Germany | An Excerpt from Laqueur FTAC – Tip to the KGB’s Amplification of Middle Eastern Anti-Semitism Palestinian KGB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_measures...

      Fighting Back: What Options Does the United States Have to Respond to Cyberattacks?
      Jul18

      Fighting Back: What Options Does the United States Have to Respond to Cyberattacks?

      In the wake of the recent WannaCry and Petya ransomware attacks, cyber warfare has once again made mainstream news headlines. With cyberattacks becoming increasingly common, it becomes important to understand the options the United States has in dealing with these kinds of attacks. Petya, though in many ways similar to WannaCry and other...

      Reading Room: A Difficult Neighbourhood
      Jul13

      Reading Room: A Difficult Neighbourhood

      Russia’s aggression against Georgia and Ukraine as well as its reluctance to resolve the frozen conflicts in the region demonstrate that Eastern Europe is again a contested geopolitical sphere between Russia and the European Union (EU). President Putin has now gone further, unleashing a range of active measures against Western democracies...

      Zapad: A Window into Russia’s Military Mind?
      Jul12

      Zapad: A Window into Russia’s Military Mind?

      Russia’s large-scale military exercise to be conducted in September can provide critical insight for NATO allies seeking to improve their readiness posture against an increasingly revanchist Russia, according to an Estonian defense official. “Russians train exactly as they intend to fight, thus Zapad will give up ample information on their...