This article argues that the current ways of conceptualizing and understanding Russian
warfare are flawed. To improve this, this article reviews the current ways of approaching …

How a new breed of dictators holds power by manipulating information and faking
democracy Hitler, Stalin, and Mao ruled through violence, fear, and ideology. But in recent …

In recent decades, dictatorships based on mass repression have largely given way to a new
model based on the manipulation of information. Instead of terrorizing citizens into …

Russia, as many contemporary states, takes public diplomacy seriously. Since the inception
of its English language TV network Russia Today in 2005 (now 'RT'), the Russian …

Conventional wisdom says that autocrats manipulate news through censorship. But when it
comes to economic affairs—a highly sensitive topic for modern autocrats—the government's …

We present a formal model of government control of the media to illuminate variation in
media freedom across countries and over time. Media bias is greater and state ownership of …

Vladimir Putin has managed to achieve strikingly high public approval ratings throughout his
time as president and prime minister of Russia. But is his popularity real, or are respondents …

Does new media promote accountability in nondemocratic countries, where offline media is
often suppressed? We show that blog posts, which exposed corruption in Russian state …

The growth of social media—and, in particular, Twitter and Facebook—has led scholars to
study its effects on mass behavior and protest. But leaders are also active on social media …

This article explains why dissatisfaction with the performance of individual politicians in new
democracies often turns into disillusionment with democracy as a political system. The …