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NETWARS Andrew Korybko

Theres a lot to talk about

when it comes to Color
COLOR ME A REVOLUTION Revolutions and culture, but
we dont have the time to do
The disturbing crises in Ukraine edges the world so comprehensively so Im just
closer to a war of epic proportions, the United going to focus on how Color
States announced that...
Revolutions manipulate
OLGA RAVASI 16.01.2016 patriotism in order to create
destructive nationalism, but
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also, how genuine patriotism
can be used to repel this fake
nationalism. Before going any
further, Id like to quote our
Russian President who said in
April that Nationalism is
hatred of other peoples, while patriotism is love for your motherland. If we proceed from this understanding,
2016 MOLDOVA: COLOR REVOLUTION OR then everything else will make sense.
SOMETHING ELSE?
Nowadays the US is practicing what I call Fifth Generational Warfare, or the weaponization of things that were
Moldova is a country full of internal previously thought to be unweaponizable. For example, we see how they use protests and immigrants as
contradictions, be it the ongoing dispute about weapons of war, but theyre also doing the same thing with culture. In the past, the US would focus on promoting
its identity or the political... so-called Western Liberal-Democratic values in order to engineer cultural clashes with the majority of the
ANDREW KORYBKO 21.01.2016 population that believes in traditional values, and they still promote this agenda to a large extent. However, the
newest trend has been to cultivate extreme nationalism in the targeted states and ride the wave of anti-systemic
resentment that has arisen against the status quo in recent years.
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In particular, we see how they pulled this o with maximum success in Ukraine during the outbreak of urban
terrorism internationally known as EuroMaidan. The US spent years organizing so-called non-governmental
organizations to spread this ideological virus and weaponize it, and they nally deployed it at the preplanned
time that they had thought was most advantageous for their regime change goals. But, at the same time, theres
another side to this coin. In the Republic of Macedonia, pro-government protesters have used patriotism as their
rallying cry for opposing the regime change movement, and theyve actually been very successful with this, even
ELECTRIC YEREVAN AND LESSONS ON THE though most international media outlets havent reported on their victories.
COLOR-SPRING...
What can thus be seen by these two examples is that US-fomented nationalism is a destructive weaponization of
The Electric Yerevan protest provides us with an culture thats used to overthrow targeted governments, while organic patriotism is a very eective defense against
excellent opportunity to review some of the this fth generational warfare weapon. Both of these ideologies might look very similar on the surface, but
basic underlying mechanics... everyone needs to remember President Putins words about how Nationalism is hatred of other peoples, while
JOAQUIN FLORES 01.07.2015 patriotism is love for your motherland in order to identify the key dierence between them. Nevertheless,
because of their many commonalities and considering the current political context in many places across the
world, especially in Europe, these styles of thinking are very attractive to a potentially large base of recruits.
In promoting the weapnization of culture and the mutation of defensive patriotism into aggressive nationalism,
the US employs a wide variety of allied NGOs within the targeted state. The key trend has been to create the
illusion that these groups are not funded from abroad or have any Western support, so the US provides seed
funding to create what are technically domestic organizations, even though their managers are trained outside
of their home country and accept orders from international organizations that oftentimes serve as intelligence
fronts. To paraphrase a common slogan, theyre national in form, international in content.

The US tries to inuence all types of organizations that represent every form of a countrys culture, which is why
its involved in environmental, civil society, political, and other sorts of groups. Its goal is to build as wide of a web
as possible so that it can activate the entire network when it decides to initiate a Color Revolution or launch a test
run to probe its viability. The plan is to assemble as diverse of a group of protesters as theyre able to in order to
create a critical mass that quickly overwhelms the authorities and destabilizes the state apparatus. Also, by
activating so many dierent protest groups at the same time, the US is promoting creative chaos in an
operational environment and identifying which groups and ideas are the most attractive for regular citizens to

POLITICS rally behind during the manufactured crisis. In response, the US can then know which groups are worth investing
more resources into and which dont warrant any further expenses.

The strategic situation is a bit dierent when it comes to the defensive measures that states can promote in
safeguarding against this aggression. The most important thing that the authorities can do is promote a patriotic
education among the youth and remind the citizens of their countrys unique history. The point here is to instill a
sense of pride for ones homeland that could help deter the temptation that a citizen might have to join one of the
US regime change movements. It is also instrumental to raise awareness about the means in which the US tries to
WILL THE WEST STOP IN MACEDONIA? deceive a targeted population into inadvertently carrying out its policies, such as through the use of these front
organizations that really receive their orders from abroad, even if most of the rank-and-le is naively unaware of
Macedonian president Gjorge Ivanov cutsthe it. Furthermore, all citizens should be reminded of the World War II experience and how false patriotism was
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Macedonian president Gjorge Ivanov cutsthe it. Furthermore, all citizens should be reminded of the World War II experience and how false patriotism was
Gordian knot that is the major political crisis used as a disguise for aggressive nationalism.
EMILIJA GELEVA 14.04.2016
Through the proper synergy of state policy, patriotic NGOs, and authentic civil society movements, the population
can hopefully learn to resist the US Color Revolution tricks and not allow their patriotism to be perverted into
NETWARS nationalism. If Russian experts can properly master this complex interplay of defensive technologies, most of
which are already naturally occurring within the country but all of which can be systematized and patterned, then
Moscow can become the global leader in opposing Color Revolutions all across the world by training its allies
students, experts, and civil society leaders in these methods. The most important thing is to remember that
nationalism is not patriotism and patriotism is not nationalism, and that while US-supported nationalism will only
destroy a country from the inside out, organic patriotism will strengthen it and enable the state to repel all
external threats against it.
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