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Eurasia Security Watch: No. 324

July 6, 2014

Isil declares Islamic state;

Armed U.S. drones to fly over Baghdad;

Bodies of kidnapped Israelis found;

Kurds move toward independence;

Turkey and Israel mixed on Kurdish independence  

 

Wanted: A Real War Of Ideas With Russia

July 2, 2014 Ilan I. Berman The National Interest

Don't look now, but Moscow is winning the media war.

Since the start of the crisis over Ukraine some four months ago, Russia has waged a massive, sustained media campaign to shape global perceptions about events taking place on the ground there. This offensive—carried out en masse via state-run outlets like Russia Today and through an onslaught of print, radio and television reports—has included everything from blatant mischaracterizations of Ukraine's political parties to outright fabrications about the extent of the pro-Russian sentiment that exists in the south and east of the country.