propaganda

Russia has made no secret in recent years that they hope to serve as the go-to arms supplier for nations that find themselves outside of the U.S.’s good graces. As American allies lined up to purchase the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, Russian developers worked feverishly to build their own fifth-generation competitor — not necessarily to […]

Despite lacking the economic power touted by nations like the United States or China, Russia has managed to keep their name on the tips of defense analyst’s tongues for years thanks to their unique strategy of using cost-effective hybrid warfare techniques to interfere with foreign governments while allocating funds to only high-profile defense initiatives. While […]

It pays to remember that propaganda is nothing more than government sector marketing, and as such, you’ll often find many of the same tactics employed by fast food and soft drink commercials in use through international level perception management campaigns. Some nations, like China, invest heavily into America’s entertainment sector and use their own regulations […]

Despite the acknowledged effort levied by the Kremlin to discredit Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign for president, there’s a reasonable argument to be made that Russia’s attempt to find a friendlier administration under Trump has been met with failure. Although Donald Trump himself has not done an effective job of convincing the American people that he […]

Let’s be honest with each other — an engaging plot isn’t the first thing we think of when we’re headed to the theaters for the latest big-budget blockbuster, but it’s hard to deny that many of our summer “hits” in recent years haven’t turned out to be quite the hit that the studios would have […]

There have been a number of debates raging within the United States about the effort and efficacy of Russian attempts to exert influence over the 2016 presidential election. President Trump, himself a controversial figure regardless of accusations of Russian collusion, has been at the center of the discussion throughout — with his opposition arguing that […]

Despite America’s focus on Russia’s ongoing efforts to exert influence over the American people, FBI Director Christopher Wray made a point not to lose sight of what many consider to be a far more significant threat to America’s long-term security: China. While Russia’s use of hybrid warfare and disinformation tactics against the American people can […]

In recent years, it’s begun to seem like cyber attacks from national level opponents are just a way of life. Reports of Russian efforts to gain access to the U.S. electrical grid or Chinese operatives seeking technical data on the U.S. defense apparatus have become so familiar that the stories themselves no longer draw a […]

On Monday, U.S. president Donald Trump met with Russian president Vladimir Putin in a long-touted meeting that both leaders claimed was in the interest of de-escalating tensions between the two nations. After their scheduled 90-minute meeting ran long, the two moved to podiums where they delivered prepared addresses to the media regarding the subjects they […]

Propaganda has existed in countless forms throughout history, as those in positions of power have tended to try to sway the public opinion one way or another in order to achieve certain goals. This facet of human nature has not changed much in the last few thousand years, only their methods. People tend to argue […]

The way the details of war have been communicated has changed quite a bit in the last few hundred years, then again in the last hundred years, and finally again since the dawn of the internet. What was once a void of information has been filled, and sometimes oversaturated with reports, books and firsthand accounts […]

There was once a time when writing about video games meant addressing a specifically young demographic. Older folks, marketing analysis told us, simply didn’t waste their time in front of the gaming systems they felt were rotting the brains of America’s youth — and as such, approaching the topic from a serious and analytical perspective […]