Cognitive Hegemony: The True Objective of Russia’s New Active Measures
The array of traditional Soviet destabilization tactics has taken on new forms under Putin’s leadership. Russia’s current commitment to continuing the Soviet-era strategy of ”active measures” in more subtle and insidious ways remains crucial to its foreign policy. A destabilized West is less likely to focus on Moscow’s political and geopolitical transgressions or its military adventurism, which openly defies the liberal international order. This article will analyse the covert aspects of Russia’s political warfare aimed at undermining Western stability.