Webinar: Defining Pro-Russian and Anti-Western Narratives in the Black Sea region
Defining Pro-Russian and Anti-Western Narratives in the Black Sea region
Webinar: Feb 7th – 8am-9:30 am (PST) – 17:00-18:30 CET European Time
The disinformation phenomenon has become a large-scale international process and part of the coordinated foreign policy strategy of malicious actors. However, efforts to counter it remain very limited to a micro-level perspective.
As the beginning of the year is a perfect time to reflect on past experiences and build new approaches and collaborations, we invite you to join us in expanding and strengthening transatlantic cooperation in understanding how anti-Western disinformation works in the Black Sea region.
The webinar will focus on a policy paper written by an international team from the Institute of Central Europe, Poland, New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria, Euro-Atlantic Resilience Centre, Romania and WatchDog.MD Community, Moldova.
Summary of the policy paper
The European Union’s narrative resilience in the Black Sea region. Defining pro-Russian and anti-Western narratives in Bulgaria, Romania, and Moldova.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has rendered the Black Sea region an extremely sensitive area for European security. The resilience of Bulgaria, Moldova, and Romania in response to Russia’s actions is crucial for the state of the EU as a whole. The case studies of these three countries reveal the mechanisms through which pro-Russian and anti-Western narratives spread. They point to their main themes and channels of dissemination, and explain the public emotions behind their popularity.
You can find policy paper here
About authors:
The policy paper was written by an international team of authors from respected institutions: Tatiana Cojocari (WatchdogMD, Moldova), Cristian Emilian Ghiță (Euro-Atlantic Resilience Centre, Romania), Piotr Oleksy (Institute of Central Europe, Poland) and Valentin Valkanov (New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria).
