Beyond “bluffing”
Year: 2023

Russia employs warfare techniques designed to sow uncertainty strategically. One result is uncertainty about what Russian elites and voters believe, how malleable those beliefs are, and whether beliefs (and associated emotions) will outlast the current Russian regime. Probing links between emotions and uncertainty is our primary goal in this chapter. Since research suggests that emotions affect information processing, we employ a typology of emotions analyzed by Roger Petersen – hate, resentment