Russia ups its game in the Balkans, but the West should avoid responding in kind

Russia has recently been accused of stoking tensions in the Balkans by waging ‘information warfare’ in the region. Jarosław Wiśniewski writes that even if these allegations are true, the West should avoid responding in kind. Rather than engaging in the same tactics, the carrot of European integration should be used to exert greater influence.

ESO: Background information: Russia sets up information warfare units http://www.europeansources.info/record/russia-sets-up-information-warfare-units/

ESO: Background information: West is best: How ‘stabilitocracy’ undermines democracy building in the Balkans (EuroppBlog, May 2017) http://www.europeansources.info/record/west-is-best-how-stabilitocracy-undermines-democracy-building-in-the-balkans/

ESO: Background information: Serbia unnerved by Albanian talk of union with Kosovo http://www.europeansources.info/record/serbia-unnerved-by-albanian-talk-of-union-with-kosovo/

ELN: Article, 26.05.17: Russia’s Comeback to the Balkans http://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/russias-comeback-to-the-balkans_4793.html

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