Russia is waging a far-reaching political warfare endeavor against US interests inwards Europe in addition to elsewhere, an endeavor facilitated past times the Internet, cyber tools, cable news, in addition to peculiarly social media. This persistent political warfare endeavor largely eschews traditional armed forces force; rather, it is focused on influencing the populations of targeted countries. Though the effects of Russian political warfare operations are difficult to measure, they accept probable had around consequence on elections inwards France, the Netherlands, in addition to elsewhere. Factors that brand nations vulnerable to political warfare include physical proximity to Russia, high levels of corruption, contested politics, in addition to cultural or historical affinities alongside Russia. If left unchecked, political warfare tin create groovy harm to US ability in addition to interests past times creating unwanted tensions, weakening allies, in addition to eroding organized faith inwards democracy. The United States, every bit an opened upwardly in addition to democratic society, is at an automatic disadvantage when it comes to countering Russian political warfare. Nonetheless, Washington tin attempt to defend its interests past times investing inwards effective counter-messaging, ensuring that the US intelligence community has the analytical in addition to collection resources it needs, prioritizing anti-corruption programs inwards for certain countries, in addition to helping to cook defense forcefulness institutions inwards allied in addition to partner nations. Read this article from the September/October number of the digital Journal.
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