This book represents the main outcome of a multidisciplinary research project, started in 2018 and funded by the Regional Government of Sardinia, aimed at investigating the impact of fake news and disinformation on public opinion, governments, and international relations in the European, American and Asian contexts.
The phenomenon of fake news is not new, but current technologies have contributed to amplify both its scope and diffusion, influencing the public opinion and the functioning of the democratic process. In particular, the advent of the internet and the start of the new era of social networks charged governments' cultural diplomacy and media policy with new challenges and with the necessity to adopt legal frameworks and implement strategies to deal with fake news. The use of case studies will help readers to better understand impacts and outcomes on both the domestic policies and international relations, throughout history and with reference to different political contexts.

Gianluca Borzoni is Associate Professor of History of International Relations, Department of Political and Social Sciences (Cagliari University). His research interests range from Italian foreign policy to the Atlantic and Mediterranean relations.

Barbara Onnis is Associate Professor of History and Institution of Asia at the Department of Political and Social Sciences (Cagliari University). Her research interests are mainly focused on the foreign policy and international relations of People's Republic of China.

Christian Rossi is Associate Professor of History of International Relations at the Department of Political and Social Sciences (Cagliari University). His research interests vary from the British foreign politics to the EU History.

Index:
Gianluca Borzoni, Barbara Onnis, Christian Rossi, Introduction
Part I. The Impact of Disinformation in the XIX and XX Centuries. Domestic and International Profiles
Roberto Ibba, Public and Political Use of History: Case Studies Between the 19 ^th and 21st Centuries
Federica Falchi, "Fake News" as an Instrument of Political Delegitimisation: Orsini, Mazzini and the Assassination Attempt on Napoleon III
Andrea Serra, Dostoevskij and the Double Misunderstanding. From Petraševskij Affaire to Lev Šestov's "tragic" Reading
Christian Rossi, A Debate in the Foreign Office in the 1960s for an Early Attempt of a European Cultural Diplomacy
Alessio Zuddas, Media and (Fake) News Under Control. Satellite Transmissions, challenges for the BBC External Services and British Soft Power During the 1980s
Gianluca Borzoni, How to "aggressively counter lies with truth": Ronald Reagan, the USSR and USICA/USIA's "Project Truth"
Part II. The Impact of Disinformation in the Third Millennium. The Global Phenomenon of Fake News
Daniele Marongiu, Regulating Disinformation on the Internet: Principles, Laws and Power Relations
Pietro Lucania, The Use of Artificial Intelligence to Combating Disinformation
Simone Vettese, Fake News: Modern Weapons of Mass Distraction. The Case of the 2016 US Presidential Election
Roberto Di Quirico, Fake News, Economic Ideologies and the Rise of Anti-Euro Parties
Not just Fake News. Disinformation as a Security Challenge: the Multilateral Experience of the Osce Gian Lorenzo Zichi, Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM)
Barbara Onnis, Serve the Nation. "Wolf Warrior" Diplomats in Defense of the Official Chinese Narrative on Covid-19 Between Fake News and Disinformation
Alessandra Melis, Covid-19: When Information Disorder Spreads Xenophobia. Anti-Chinese and Anti-Asian Attitudes
Notes on Authors and Editors.