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Active measures includes the establishment and support of international front organizations (e.g., the World Peace Council); foreign communist, socialist and opposition parties; wars of national liberation in the Third World.
Dec 13, 2020 · Active measures—covert political operations ranging from disinformation campaigns to staging insurrections—have a long and inglorious tradition in Russia and reflect a permanent wartime mentality, something dating back to the Soviet era and even tsarist Russia.
Active measures can be traced back to the 1920s and grew out of what was called “political warfare,” to include leaked documents and planted disinformation.
Apr 14, 2020 · Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare. By Thomas Rid. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020, 528 pp. Buy the book. Reviewed by Lawrence D. Freedman. May/June 2020 Published on April 14, 2020. Soon after the 1917 Russian Revolution, the Bolshevik regime used misinformation to confuse its opponents.
Aug 18, 2020 · Active Measures is predominantly an exercise in clarity, shining a light on covert operations and exposing the lies previously reported as truth. But it is at its most chilling when...
- Helen Warrell
Active measures, when unmasked, can often poison diplomatic relations: the attempted Skripal and Navalny assassinations, the “Lisa Case,” and interference in the 2016 U.S. elections all created serious strains in relations with London, Berlin, and Washington, respectively.
Apr 25, 2018 · What are "active measures"? The Russian government launched a broad influence campaign against the United States starting in 2014. Intelligence professionals call it the latest examples of...
