Five Challenges for Modern Public Diplomacy and How to Tackle Them

... which are seen as the Kremlin’s mouthpieces in the West ( RT , Sputnik ), but also the state-sponsored project that fostered public diplomacy — Russia Direct (which was closed in March 2017). It organized expert round tables on U.S.-Russia relations ... ... Although, afterwards, Russia Direct was excluded from the PropOrNot blacklist , the problem remains relevant: the campaign against fake news becomes a tool in the information warfare in the hands of both sides — propaganda about propaganda . Interestingly, in early 2018, the Russian state-sponsored ...