Ewen Murchison
British Army lieutenant colonel; worked in the Ministry of Defence’s Military Strategic Effects unit (September 2012–August 2014); attended the first NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence steering group in Latvia in July 2014, which discussed Ukraine; part of the early UK MoD strategic-communications capacity-building cluster on Ukraine
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| Occupation | Military officer (strategic communications / information operations) |
| Known for | Military Strategic Effects (MoD), September 2012–August 2014; attendance at the first NATO StratCom Centre of Excellence steering group (Latvia, July 2014) |
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Ewen Murchison (Lieutenant Colonel) worked in the Ministry of Defence’s Military Strategic Effects unit between September 2012 and August 2014. In that capacity he attended the first NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence steering group in Latvia in July 2014, which discussed Ukraine. His posting places him in the early UK MoD strategic-communications and information-operations cluster supporting Ukraine, alongside figures such as Colonel Gerry Osborne and later capacity-building activity involving the 77th Brigade and the Joint Information Activities Group.[1]
Career
Murchison’s service in Military Strategic Effects (2012–2014) coincided with the period of intensified UK information-operations support to Ukraine. Military Strategic Effects, created in 2013 as the successor to Targeting and Information Operations, was the MoD unit that also managed elements of the covert Syria propaganda programmes codenamed Operation Volute. Murchison’s attendance at the July 2014 NATO StratCom Centre of Excellence steering group in Latvia formed part of the early international coordination on Ukraine’s information environment. The same reporting notes parallel involvement by other MoD strategic-communications officers in Ukraine capacity-building and in the Riga meeting that contributed to a 2014 study of Russia’s information campaign.[1]
See also
- Military Strategic Effects
- Gerry Osborne
- Phil Jones
- 77th Brigade
- Joint Information Activities Group
- Defence Media Operations Centre
- Kevin Stratford-Wright
- Operation Volute
- NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
External links
- MintPress News – “How US and UK Government Propaganda Specialists Collaborated with Nazis in Ukraine” (2022)
- Related MintPress News reporting on Ukraine information operations
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 David Miller, “How US and UK Government Propaganda Specialists Collaborated with Nazis in Ukraine”, MintPress News, 2022.