Tag: Atlanticism

Valdai Club Now Reflects ‘Clash of Civilizations,’ Shtepa Says

November 4, 2015
Window on Eurasia

Staunton, November 3 – Vladimir Putin has not only moved the Valdai Club from its original venue but has also transformed it from “an analogue to Western think tanks” with “a free dialogue” into an exemplar of what Samuel Huntington called “the clash of civilizations,” according to Vadim Shtepa. The Kremlin leader began this transformation […]

In This Info-War, The Problem Is Not Only Russia

December 11, 2014
Spotlight
The Bell

Much has been written in recent weeks regarding the readiness of Western democracies to fight disinformation in the “information war” led by the Russian intelligence services. [Read our report: The Menace of Unreality: How the Kremlin Weaponizes Information, Culture and Money] While it is true that disinformation and active measures remain disciplines in which Russian […]