{"id":12381,"date":"2017-02-24T14:25:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T13:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/new-research-division-publication-protecting-falsehoods-with-a-bodyguard-of-lies-putins-use-of-information-warfare\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T08:18:52","slug":"new-research-division-publication-protecting-falsehoods-with-a-bodyguard-of-lies-putins-use-of-information-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/new-research-division-publication-protecting-falsehoods-with-a-bodyguard-of-lies-putins-use-of-information-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"New Research Division Publication &#8211; Protecting Falsehoods With a Bodyguard of Lies: Putin&#8217;s Use of Information Warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<ul class='list_homepage'>\n<li>\nResearch Paper 136: <a href='\/fr\/download\/downloads.php\/?icode=512' target='_blank' title=\"click to download (pdf)\"><br \/>\n&#038;quotProtecting Falsehoods With a Bodyguard of Lies: Putin&#8217;s Use of Information Warfare&#038;quot<\/a>, by Deborah Yarsike Ball.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><i>Dear Reader,<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s use of information warfare to defeat its adversaries has a long history.  However, whereas previously information warfare was an adjunct to Russian statecraft, today it is the Putin regime\u2019s governing modus operandi.  This latest NDC Research Paper by one of our Visiting Scholars explains how and why Russia is extensively employing information warfare to ensure both regime survival at home and to achieve increasingly aggressive foreign policy goals abroad. The paper reveals how the West has still to grasp the full implications, yet underscores how the imperative to do so is becoming all the more urgent.<\/i> <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><i>We hope you enjoy reading this illuminating and frightening story of Russia\u2019s use of information warfare, propaganda, disinformation, and cyber warfare.<br \/>\nRegards,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin-left:15px;\">Jeff<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Jeffrey A. Larsen, PhD, Division Head Research\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><span class='np'><a href='\/fr\/research\/research.php\/?icode=6' target='_blank'>More Research Division Publications&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>NDC Public Affairs Office<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Paper 136: &#038;quotProtecting Falsehoods With a Bodyguard of Lies: Putin&#8217;s Use of Information Warfare&#038;quot, by Deborah Yarsike<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-12381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 9 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le f\u00e9vrier 24, 2017","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le f\u00e9vrier 24, 2017 14:25","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:18"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12381"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=12381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}