RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNs AGAINST THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROJECT : A HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE PHENOMENON
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Summary, in English
Nowadays new tools became available for global actors for achieving their goals, which are not only traditional military means (hard power) and/or the means of seduction (soft power). Instead, the new tools, which are more sophisticated and effective in implementing the power by the actor, are currently being applied in order for an actor to effectively influence its counterparts (from individuals to the world order). These modern tools are not new, but are currently implemented in more complex ways, which allow the actors to reach their ultimate goals. Due to the efficiency of these methods/tools they are used by countries/actors worldwide(America, China, Korea, Russia etc.). It has been observed that these tools may influence weak as well as strong states, societies as well as individuals.
Concerning the European Union, it has been under the “stress” during recent years(migrations, terrorism, climate changes, economy), which made the Union more vulnerable to the external influences from other actors, particularly the Russian Federation which considers the EU as an obstacle for achieving Vladimir Putin’s revanshist and imperialist ambitions.
In this thesis it is highlighted that the main “fuel” for the ongoing destabilisation of the European Integration Project is the Russian Disinformation Campaign. Currently, the Russian Federation has been demonstrating its aggression towards the European Union in both open
and hidden ways with escalating its efforts to influence and disintegrate the European Union. In order to destruct the European Integration Project, the Russian Federation has been applying its “traditional” but currently, more advanced tools for implementing its “power” against the Union. With this regard, the Russian Federation has demonstrated/disclosed its “different faces of power”, which have been currently challenging the “normative face of power” of the European Union. Hence, “the faces of power” of the Russian Federation are differentiated and conceptualised, and “mirrored” with the “single face” i.e. “normative face of power” of the European Union.
Concerning the European Union, it has been under the “stress” during recent years(migrations, terrorism, climate changes, economy), which made the Union more vulnerable to the external influences from other actors, particularly the Russian Federation which considers the EU as an obstacle for achieving Vladimir Putin’s revanshist and imperialist ambitions.
In this thesis it is highlighted that the main “fuel” for the ongoing destabilisation of the European Integration Project is the Russian Disinformation Campaign. Currently, the Russian Federation has been demonstrating its aggression towards the European Union in both open
and hidden ways with escalating its efforts to influence and disintegrate the European Union. In order to destruct the European Integration Project, the Russian Federation has been applying its “traditional” but currently, more advanced tools for implementing its “power” against the Union. With this regard, the Russian Federation has demonstrated/disclosed its “different faces of power”, which have been currently challenging the “normative face of power” of the European Union. Hence, “the faces of power” of the Russian Federation are differentiated and conceptualised, and “mirrored” with the “single face” i.e. “normative face of power” of the European Union.
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Publishing year
2019
Language
English
Document type
Student publication for Master's degree (two years)
Topic
- Law and Political Science
Keywords
- European Union
- Russian Federation
- disinformation
- normative power
- anti-normative power
- European Studies
Supervisor
- Sanimir Resic (Associate Professor)