From Screens to Battlefields

Alona Shestopalova studied Political Science and Political Communication at Lviv and Hamburg. Since 2022, she has been Senior Researcher at the Centre for Information Resilience in London. Previously, Shestopalova held fellow- and internships at the International Centre for Defence and Security in Tallinn, Institute of World Policy in Kyiv and Donetsk Institute of Information. Her papers have been published by, among other outlets, Central European Journal of International and Security Studies and The International Journal of Press/Politics.

Andreas Umland, M.Phil. (Oxford), Dr.Phil. (FU Berlin), Ph.D. (Cambridge), Research Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm, Senior Expert at the Ukrainian Institute for the Future in Kyiv, and Associate Professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.

Nina Jankowicz, author of How to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict?

"Propaganda is a vital part of Russia's war machine. This book coolly and authoritatively deconstructs how Russian propaganda has helped create a paranoid population, fearful that it is surrounded by enemies, and ready to acquiesce to and support Russia's wars of aggression. If we are to prevent future catastrophes-this is the sort of analysis that provides the understanding." -Peter Pomerantsev, Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins University

“Propaganda is a vital part of Russia's war machine. This book coolly and authoritatively deconstructs how Russian propaganda has helped create a paranoid population, fearful that it is surrounded by enemies, and ready to acquiesce to and support Russia's wars of aggression. If we are to prevent future catastrophes—this is the sort of analysis that provides the understanding.” —Peter Pomerantsev, Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins University