University of Mississippi eGrove Honors College (Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors Theses Honors College) Spring 5-2-2021 A Historical and Contextual Analysis of Soviet and Russian "Active Measures": How Russian Political Warfare Efforts in Foreign Presidential Elections Have Transformed in the Information Age Olivia Myers Follow this and additional works at: https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis Part of the Defense and Security Studies Commons, and the Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies Commons Recommended Citation Myers, Olivia, "A Historical and Contextual Analysis of Soviet and Russian "Active Measures": How Russian Political Warfare Efforts in Foreign Presidential Elections Have Transformed in the Information Age" (2021). Honors Theses. 1694. https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/1694 This Undergraduate Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Honors College (Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College) at eGrove. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of eGrove. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A HISTORICAL AND CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF SOVIET AND RUSSIAN “ACTIVE MEASURES”: HOW RUSSIAN POLITICAL WARFARE EFFORTS IN FOREIGN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS HAVE TRANSFORMED IN THE INFORMATION AGE © 2021 By: Olivia Myers A thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for completion Of the Bachelor of Arts degree in International Studies Croft Institute for International Studies Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College The University of Mississippi University,