The Swedish author and member of the Swedish Academy, Ingrid Carlberg, published a book in 2023 titled The Puppets: A Story of the World as Political Theatre, in which she meticulously traces the development of Soviet propaganda and how it initially aimed to culturally and ideologically subjugate Europe. Many of our leading intellectuals succumbed to this influence. In her book, she clearly demonstrates how knowledge of this weapon has been developed and refined over the course of a hundred years. Meanwhile, we in the West still believe in things said with thoughtfulness and reason – which has long been our strength, but has now become our weakness.
This is a good summary of Russia's threat, which many still don't understand. I wrote a few seminal papers for NATO on these topics. The "what to do about it" question is complex, particularly in a relatively open society and globalized info environment.
The Swedish author and member of the Swedish Academy, Ingrid Carlberg, published a book in 2023 titled The Puppets: A Story of the World as Political Theatre, in which she meticulously traces the development of Soviet propaganda and how it initially aimed to culturally and ideologically subjugate Europe. Many of our leading intellectuals succumbed to this influence. In her book, she clearly demonstrates how knowledge of this weapon has been developed and refined over the course of a hundred years. Meanwhile, we in the West still believe in things said with thoughtfulness and reason – which has long been our strength, but has now become our weakness.
This is a good summary of Russia's threat, which many still don't understand. I wrote a few seminal papers for NATO on these topics. The "what to do about it" question is complex, particularly in a relatively open society and globalized info environment.
How utterly insidious Russia can be!