Overview On Sunday, November 15, 15 Asia-Pacific nations signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) via video conference. Comprising China, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states, Japan, South Korea, Aust [...]
The killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top nuclear scientist, will complicate the incoming Biden administration’s efforts to renew the nuclear deal—and could lead to escalation. Last Friday, Iran announced that an important player in its security app [...]
An Iranian scientist, who U.S. intelligence says is one of Iran's top nuclear officials, has been assassinated. Middle East Fellow Ariane Tabatabai spoke to NPR's Ari Shapiro about the news. [...]
The Biden administration will need to get both its words and actions right to rebuild trust in the USA in Southeast Asia. What awaits the Biden administration in Southeast Asia? Although the Trump administration trumpeted its efforts in Vietnam, th [...]
DROG interviewed Fellow and Program Manager Nad'a Kovalčíková about China's role in the coronavirus infodemic as part of its crash course on coronavirus disinformation. [...]
As the votes were counted in the 2020 U.S. election, blacklisted China-registered technology company Huawei positioned itself on Twitter as a steadfast vendor in European markets regardless of the election results. The common narrative within these [...]
In last week’s post-U.S. election coverage from Russian state media, two major topics were the pro-Trump demonstrations in DC the weekend of November 14, in which accounts of violence directed at pro-Trump demonstrators and the size of the rally wer [...]
Overview The aftermath of the U.S. presidential election has seen a tidal wave of false and misleading information about the validity of the election results as well as the legitimacy and security of the voting process. Narratives related to ballot [...]
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Many of America’s friends in Asia have high expectations for the incoming administration of Joe Biden. Biden has, after all, signalled that the region will be a top priority and promised to “build a united front of US allies and partners to confront [...]
The app's main draw is its hands-off content moderation approach. Experts worry that can lead to harmful false information spreads on other platforms. Parler, the social media platform marketed as a “free speech social network” with a hands-off appro [...]
After four years of “America First,” President-Elect Biden recently declared: “America is Back.” In other words, U.S. foreign policy is on the verge of change. On this episode, Ariane Tabatabai, the Middle East Fellow at GMF’s Alliance for Securing [...]
Our Take European reliance on Russian natural gas serves as a cautionary tale of what could come if Europe becomes dependent on China for 5G technology—although the risks this time around are higher, and Europe has significantly less time to addres [...]
Last week’s U.S. election coverage from Russian state media continued to feature familiar themes, including claims of fraud, criticism of mainstream media coverage of the election, and condemnation of social media platforms for election-related issu [...]
ASD Director Laura Rosenberger and Julie Smith discuss China's malign influence efforts in Europe. The views expressed in GMF publications and commentary are the views of the author alone. [...]
Malign Finance Fellow Josh Rudolph joined "The Power Vertical" to discuss the findings of his new report, Covert Foreign Money. They’ve granted loans to a French political party. They’ve spread around oil profits in Italy. They’ve given material s [...]
ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine discusses what, in light of 2020, we can do to make upcoming elections even more secure in an article in The Fulcrum. [...]
Local and state election officials are the backbone of the election process and should be the first source voters turn to for information. As they work to certify the official results, here are three things to know: Election officials are on the fro [...]
Fake news, disinformation and distortion seem to be everywhere. Is this the end of civilization? How much does it all matter and what can we do about it? Listen to this podcast discussion involving: Carl Miller, Research Director at DEMOS and Author [...]
The Alliance for Securing Democracy’s Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina is out with a new report, 5G Security: The New Energy Security, in which she examines the strategic vulnerabilities that can come from European technological dependence on China. [...]
Introduction Europe is on the cusp of a crucial technological and political transformation. This year, most EU member states will need to finalize plans for building 5G networks, which will overhaul the way their economies function. Only a handful [...]
Our Take ICYMI, in mid-2020, ASD convened a bipartisan task force of 30 leading experts to devise a national strategy for the United States to regain the initiative in the emerging competition against autocracies. Our new report builds upon the tas [...]
Last week, Russian state media devoted substantial coverage to the U.S. elections. During election week (prior to the presidential race being called for Biden), the outlets continued to showcase various themes characteristic of their coverage of the [...]
Hold the champagne: The 2020 Election Season isn't over just yet. Neither of Georgia's Senate races resulted in a victor on Election Day, sending both contests to January runoffs that will likely determine control of the U.S. Senate. And while many [...]
The unfolding saga over TikTok and WeChat will have lasting impact far beyond the availability of dance videos and lip syncs. Reporters, tech watchers, First Amendment scholars and social media influencers alike are anxiously watching each twist in [...]
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina spoke to DW News on the state of democracy in the United States as the world awaits the outcome of the U.S. election. [...]
Election Integrity Fellow David Levine discussed the 2020 U.S. presidential election with Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology." "There is no evidence to call into question the integrity of the election, nor is there any evidence that should call in [...]
As the final high-tension hours of voting ticked away on Tuesday, nervous reporters waiting for news of foreign information warfare efforts were left like Vladimir and Estragon by the roadside, waiting for a phantom that never appeared. Instead came [...]
Election Dissection spoke with David Levine, elections integrity fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy. Levine has been tracking foreign attempts to interfere with U.S. voting this year, but he also knows a lot about the mechanics of running [...]
Fact vs. Fake. Truth vs. Lies. Information vs. Disinformation. For voters trying to choose between competing parties and candidates the distinction between them would seem to be central. But is it still possible to tell which is which? In this week’ [...]
Our Takes on the U.S. Election Americans can do seven things to save our democracy during election week, Director Laura Rosenberger writes in The New York Times. There are three important takeaways from Russia and Iran’s recent attempts to interfer [...]
In the last full week of coverage prior to Election Day, Russian state media continued to advance several familiar themes, including promotion of Hunter Biden allegations, claims of media bias, criticism of the two-party system, and claims of improp [...]
ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined David Mussington of the University of Maryland and Derek Tisler of the Brennan Center to discuss election security strategies and solutions for 2020 on a panel at the Pell Center for International R [...]
Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined Democracy Volunteers for a virtual discussion on representation and voting in the United States in 2020. [...]
On U.S. Election Day, our social media news feeds will likely be filled with stories about how foreign actors have worked to derail the U.S. election process. Some of those stories might be based in fact. Others will be unfounded rumors. Jessica Bra [...]
Americans have heard a lot about threats to the 2020 election. But one of the greatest threats may be a loss of faith in our electoral system itself. The director of the F.B.I., Christopher Wray, told Congress in September that his greatest concern [...]