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<p>After Russian aggression against Georgia, annexation of Crimea and war against Ukraine international community of experts in academia, state administration and civil society were increasingly reflecting the issue of hybrid warfare and information war. This is also the case of the EU which developed structures addressing hybrid warfare, especially disinformation and propaganda. The main aim of this article is to analyse the process of creation of these structures in the context of Europeanization concept and reveal reasons for inadequacy and inefficiency of the newly established institutions. Despite EU succeeded in creation of policy instruments their effectiveness is far from being enough vis-à-vis Russian efforts.</p>
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After Russian aggression against Georgia, annexation of Crimea and war against Ukraine international community of experts in academia, state administration and civil society were increasingly reflecting the issue of hybrid warfare and information war. This is also the case of the EU which developed structures addressing hybrid warfare, especially disinformation and propaganda. The main aim of this article is to analyse the process of creation of these structures in the context of Europeanization concept and reveal reasons for inadequacy and inefficiency of the newly established institutions. Despite EU succeeded in creation of policy instruments their effectiveness is far from being enough vis-à-vis Russian efforts.

Europeanization of Fight Against Disinformation and Propaganda at the Times of New Russian Hybrid Warfare

European Studies

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After Russian aggression against Georgia, annexation of Crimea and war against Ukraine international community of experts in academia, state administration and...

Europeanization of Fight Against Disinformation and Propaganda at the Times of New Russian Hybrid Warfare

Published Online: Apr 19, 2023

Page range: 17 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eustu-2022-0027

Keywords
Europeanization, Disinformation, Propaganda, Hybrid Threats, Hybrid Warfare, Russia, EU

© 2019 Ondřej Filipec, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Europeanization of Fight Against Disinformation and Propaganda at the Times of New Russian Hybrid Warfare

Published Online: Apr 19, 2023

Page range: 17 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eustu-2022-0027

KeywordsEuropeanization, Disinformation, Propaganda, Hybrid Threats, Hybrid Warfare, Russia, EU

© 2019 Ondřej Filipec, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Europeanization, Disinformation, Propaganda, Hybrid Threats, Hybrid Warfare, Russia, EU