Before you is a new book by political scientist, professor, author and host of the “World Politics” program Igor Nikolaevich Panarin. It systematizes information about the evolution of information warfare and propaganda, their relationship with world politics. The trends in the intensification of information transfer processes, the stages of development of the global information society (from Gutenberg’s printing press to global television media and the Internet), the theory of mass communication (G. Lasswell’s model, etc.) are considered. Specific examples of information warfare during the First and Second World Wars and the Cold War are given. The modern stage of waging an information war against Russia is considered. The book develops the ideas set out by the author in the books “The First World Information War. The collapse of the USSR", "Information warfare and diplomacy", "The world after the crisis, or What's next?" and a number of other books. The book will be useful to students, government officials, employees of special services and law enforcement agencies, political scientists and political strategists, employees of public relations departments, and media workers.