title: Ukraine crisis: what it means for the West. By Andrew Wilson
abstract: The term ‘information war’ has never been so aptly used as when it is applied to Russia's continued military campaign against Ukraine and its post-Yanukovych political leadership. Russia's propaganda campaign has been as vital in its efforts to subjugate Ukraine as its military efforts. First, it has mobilized the Russian population behind a policy of naked aggression, while convincing them that it is fundamentally defensive. Second, it has created a counter-narrative of the events in Ukraine th
journal: International Affairs