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read the document about hybrid warfare from the Canadian Armed Forces Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) Professional Development Centre (PDC. Anti-globalism is one of the main theme being pushed by Russia. https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2017/mdn-dnd/D4-10-19-2016-eng.pdf

extract from the document:

To further understand the danger hybrid warfare poses, it becomes useful to examine the “Kremlin Tool Kit” as described by researchers from the Institute of Modern Russia: • The Kremlin exploits the idea of freedom of information to inject disinformation into society. The effect is not to persuade (as in classic public diplomacy) or earn credibility but to sow confusion via conspiracy theories and proliferate falsehoods. • The Kremlin is increasing its “information war” budget. RT, which includes multilingual rolling news, a wire service and radio channels, has an estimated budget of over $300 million, set to increase by 41% to include German- and French-language channels. There is increasing use of social media to spread disinformation and trolls to attack publications and personalities. • Unlike in the Cold War, when Soviets largely supported leftist groups, a fluid approach to ideology now allows the Kremlin to simultaneously back farleft and far-right movements, greens, anti-globalists and financial elites. The aim is to exacerbate divides and create an echo chamber of Kremlin support. • The Kremlin exploits the openness of liberal democracies to use the Orthodox Church and expatriate NGOs to further aggressive foreign policy goals. 38 • There is an attempt to co-opt parts of the expert community in the West via such bodies as the Valdai Forum, which critics accuse of swapping access for acquiescence. Othersenior Western experts are given positions in Russian companies and become de facto communications representatives of the Kremlin. • Financial PR firms and hired influencers help the Kremlin’s cause by arguing that “finance and politics should be kept separate.” But whereas the liberal idea of globalization sees money as politically neutral, with global commerce leading to peace and interdependence, the Kremlin uses the openness of global markets as an opportunity to employ money, commerce and energy as foreign policy weapons. • The West’s acquiescence to sheltering corrupt Russian money demoralizes the Russian opposition while making the West more dependent on the Kremlin. • The Kremlin is helping foster an anti-Western, authoritarian Internationale that is becoming ever more popular in Central Europe and throughout the world. • The weaponization of information, culture and money is a vital part of the Kremlin’s hybrid, or nonlinear, war, which combines the above elements with covert and small-scale military operations. The conflict in Ukraine saw non-linear war in action. Other rising authoritarian states will look to copy Moscow’s model of hybrid war—and the West has no institutional or analytical tools to deal with it. • The Kremlin applies different approaches to different regions across the world, using local rivalries and resentments to divide and conquer. 39 • The Kremlin exploits systemic weak spots in the Western system, providing a sort of X-ray of the underbelly of liberal democracy. • The Kremlin successfully erodes the integrity of investigative and political journalism, producing a lack of faith in traditional media. • Offshore zones and opaque shell companies help sustain Kremlin corruption and aid its influence. For journalists, the threat of libel meansfew publications are ready to take on Kremlin-connected figures. • Lack of transparency in funding and the blurring of distinctions between think tanks and lobbying helps the Kremlin push its agendas forward without due scrutiny.70 In sum, the threat posed by hybrid warfare is substantial. Its application is insidious as it deludes decision-makers into separating the specific tactics being utilized by an adversary from the actual strategic level political objectives that are driving their campaign. In short, it becomes hard to recognize that one is under attack or at “war.” As such, it becomes difficult to recognize the seemingly disconnected series of events as a carefully synchronized campaign designed to achieve specific political objectives.

  • Cyborganism
    5·
    19 hours ago

    From Wikipedia on globalism:

    Globalism as a concept dates from the 1940s. In the 21st century, the term “the globalists” was popularized by the US far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and used interchangeably with the concepts of a New World Order and the deep state. The term is now frequently used as a pejorative by far-right movements and conspiracy theorists. It is sometimes associated with antisemitism, as antisemites frequently appropriate the term “Globalist” to refer to Jews.[3][4][5]

    JFC… These people are insane.

    I was about to confuse it with globalization, which I think is bad. But globalism is something else.

    • cecilkorikEnglish
      2·
      15 hours ago

      Globalization can be good with conditions. The way we let it be abused by authoritarians, dictators and tyrants to undermine our own economies and cripple our environment was foolish, and we have paid and are going to continue to pay a steep price for that in the foreseeable future. The idea that we would be able to prevent war by hitching hostile economies to each other was noble but ultimately entirely flawed. However, globalization being used as a global trade network between friendly and like-minded countries makes perfect sense, once the shipping and environmental costs are de-externalized by tax or treaty. Countries that are healthy and functioning democracies should eliminate as many trade barriers between each other as we can, and encourage others to strive to become democratic if they want similarly preferential treatment. That is the right way to use globalization. It is not a right, it is a privilege, and we need to resist the temptation to compromise its principles in exchange for things we feel we “must” trade for (historically, oil)

      Globalism, on the other hand, at least the way they’re using it, is just an ugly pile of conspiratorial nonsense that isn’t even worth discussing.

  • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    17 hours ago

    Quote in paragraphs …

    To further understand the danger hybrid warfare poses, it becomes useful to examine the “Kremlin Tool Kit” as described by researchers from the Institute of Modern Russia:

    The Kremlin exploits the idea of freedom of information to inject disinformation into society. The effect is not to persuade (as in classic public diplomacy) or earn credibility but to sow confusion via conspiracy theories and proliferate falsehoods.

    The Kremlin is increasing its “information war” budget. RT, which includes multilingual rolling news, a wire service and radio channels, has an estimated budget of over $300 million, set to increase by 41% to include German- and French-language channels. There is increasing use of social media to spread disinformation and trolls to attack publications and personalities.

    Unlike in the Cold War, when Soviets largely supported leftist groups, a fluid approach to ideology now allows the Kremlin to simultaneously back farleft and far-right movements, greens, anti-globalists and financial elites. The aim is to exacerbate divides and create an echo chamber of Kremlin support.

    The Kremlin exploits the openness of liberal democracies to use the Orthodox Church and expatriate NGOs to further aggressive foreign policy goals.

    There is an attempt to co-opt parts of the expert community in the West via such bodies as the Valdai Forum, which critics accuse of swapping access for acquiescence. Othersenior Western experts are given positions in Russian companies and become de facto communications representatives of the Kremlin.

    Financial PR firms and hired influencers help the Kremlin’s cause by arguing that “finance and politics should be kept separate.” But whereas the liberal idea of globalization sees money as politically neutral, with global commerce leading to peace and interdependence, the Kremlin uses the openness of global markets as an opportunity to employ money, commerce and energy as foreign policy weapons.

    The West’s acquiescence to sheltering corrupt Russian money demoralizes the Russian opposition while making the West more dependent on the Kremlin.

    The Kremlin is helping foster an anti-Western, authoritarian Internationale that is becoming ever more popular in Central Europe and throughout the world.

    The weaponization of information, culture and money is a vital part of the Kremlin’s hybrid, or nonlinear, war, which combines the above elements with covert and small-scale military operations. The conflict in Ukraine saw non-linear war in action. Other rising authoritarian states will look to copy Moscow’s model of hybrid war—and the West has no institutional or analytical tools to deal with it.

    The Kremlin applies different approaches to different regions across the world, using local rivalries and resentments to divide and conquer.

    The Kremlin exploits systemic weak spots in the Western system, providing a sort of X-ray of the underbelly of liberal democracy.

    The Kremlin successfully erodes the integrity of investigative and political journalism, producing a lack of faith in traditional media.

    Offshore zones and opaque shell companies help sustain Kremlin corruption and aid its influence. For journalists, the threat of libel meansfew publications are ready to take on Kremlin-connected figures.

    Lack of transparency in funding and the blurring of distinctions between think tanks and lobbying helps the Kremlin push its agendas forward without due scrutiny.

    In sum, the threat posed by hybrid warfare is substantial. Its application is insidious as it deludes decision-makers into separating the specific tactics being utilized by an adversary from the actual strategic level political objectives that are driving their campaign.

    In short, it becomes hard to recognize that one is under attack or at “war.” As such, it becomes difficult to recognize the seemingly disconnected series of events as a carefully synchronized campaign designed to achieve specific political objectives.