Dec. 21st, 2016
"How the West Can Beat Back the Kremlin"
Dec. 21st, 2016 05:36 pmhttp://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/how-the-west-can-beat-back-the-kremlin
"... There is a principled and effective way in which democratic countries should approach this multidimensional threat. Start with the mindset. ... Within Western security institutions, governments must set up specialized hubs to monitor, analyze, and counter foreign government disinformation operations. Tasking intelligence agencies to counter this threat is simply not sufficient: official state policy needs to be adopted. The first step is to set up a specialized hub. ... The hub would be studying the modus operandi of adversary groups and regimes, or mildly pushing intelligence agencies to dig into specific cases or areas of interest. It should have two major tasks.
The first capability would be real-time reactions to cases relevant to national security, public order, or foreign policy interests of the state. ...
Second, the team would develop regular reports analyzing trends in disinformation operations. ...
Second, the team would develop regular reports analyzing trends in disinformation operations. ..."
"... There is a principled and effective way in which democratic countries should approach this multidimensional threat. Start with the mindset. ... Within Western security institutions, governments must set up specialized hubs to monitor, analyze, and counter foreign government disinformation operations. Tasking intelligence agencies to counter this threat is simply not sufficient: official state policy needs to be adopted. The first step is to set up a specialized hub. ... The hub would be studying the modus operandi of adversary groups and regimes, or mildly pushing intelligence agencies to dig into specific cases or areas of interest. It should have two major tasks.
The first capability would be real-time reactions to cases relevant to national security, public order, or foreign policy interests of the state. ...
Second, the team would develop regular reports analyzing trends in disinformation operations. ...
Second, the team would develop regular reports analyzing trends in disinformation operations. ..."