Russia’s Misinformation Campaign during Wartime: The Threat to Deploy Nuclear Weapons against Ukraine and Her Allies
Abstract:
Russia has historically employed deception, misinformation/disinformation, propaganda, active measures, and information operations to dissuade and limit state actors from pursuing courses of actions that challenge the Kremlin’s political and military objectives. Misinformation is non-kinetic and both informs and assists Russia’s military strategy. Communication platforms with global reach spread state-sponsored misinformation to influence, shape, and limit Western political and military responses against Russia’s war in Ukraine. That Kremlin’s stated willingness to deploy tactical and strategic nuclear weapons against Ukraine and the West follows narratives that generate doubt and uncertainty regarding the true intentions of Russian state behaviour.
AUTHORS
Faculty of Humanities
Curtin University
Perth, Western Australia
Dr. Gavin Briggs is a Senior Adjunct Fellow in the Faculty of Humanities at Curtin University and a Senior Adjunct Lecturer in the School of Science at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. From 2015, he was first a tenured Clinical Professional Fellow, and later Senior Lecturer, at Curtin University. He coordinated multiple undergraduate and postgraduate units in International Relations, Security and Strategic Studies, as well as serving as Course Coordinator of the Graduate Program in International Relations and National Security (2018-23). Since 2005, he has served as an officer with the Royal Australian Air Force (Reserve) with deployments on international and domestic operations. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers and currently works as a strategic intelligence manager in the private sector.
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Journal of Information Warfare
The definitive publication for the best and latest research and analysis on information warfare, information operations, and cyber crime. Available in traditional hard copy or online.
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