In this episode, Rasheed Griffith talks to Bryce Barros, Nathan Kohlenberg, and Etienne Soula about their report about China’s influence over the digital information environment outside of its borders. Related Reading: China and the Digital Informat [...]
Our Take Mock elections can be a valuable tool in testing new election processes and building public trust, Pima County Elections Director Constance Hargrove told ASD’s David Levine on the latest episode of Ballots & Bagels. The Taiwan Policy [...]
Russia Russian state media and diplomats last week tweeted 16,941 times, generating 191,154 retweets and 575,694 likes. Kremlin-affiliated accounts last week barely mentioned a Russian bomb that killed at least 22 Ukrainians and injured 50 more at a [...]
Earlier this month, ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine spoke with Constance Hargrove, director of elections for Pima County, Arizona. Arizona recently became the first battleground state to nominate election deniers for all three top state [...]
When it comes to Taiwan, Beijing and Washington are talking past one another. So too are Americans themselves. Last month, infighting between Congress and the Biden administration spilled into public view before Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan [...]
ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined Newsy for a news special on the 2022 US midterms on Sunday, August 28, 2022. David shared his thoughts on the state of US democracy, the implications of new voting laws, and the impact of mis- and d [...]
Our Take China’s comprehensive sanctions regime against Lithuania underlines the grave need for Europe to bolster its resilience to economic coercion—but the EU’s new Anti-Coercion Instrument won’t be enough, China Affairs Analyst Bryce Barros and [...]
Last week, ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine spoke with longtime Wisconsin election administrator and Madison City Attorney Michael Haas. They talked about conducting Wisconsin elections, including the state’s August 9th primary, in the st [...]
Russia Monitored Russian accounts last week tweeted 16,366 times, generating 161,117 retweets and 518,932 likes. Kremlin-affiliated accounts last week claimed that Ukraine and its “US handlers” were preparing to frame Moscow for an attack on the R [...]
Earlier this month, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman announced while on a tour of the Pacific Island states that U.S. President Joe Biden “is looking forward to welcoming” Pacific Leaders in September 2022. Although the exact date of thi [...]
The Alliance for Securing Democracy’s Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine discussed the impact of election-denying candidates running for office in the 2022 midterms on Newsy on Thursday, August 18, 2022. [...]
China's comprehensive sanctions regime against Lithuania underlines the grave need for Europe to bolster its resilience to economic coercion. As EU officials begin the process of adopting the Anti-Coercion Instrument (ACI) and other strategies to p [...]
Our Take After spiking at the beginning of Russia’s war in Ukraine, engagement with Russia’s Spanish-language media accounts is consistently declining, in part due to platform bans, Research Analyst Joseph Bodnar explains in his latest. But Ahí les [...]
Russia Monitored Russian accounts tweeted 15,740 times last week, generating 154,030 retweets and 468,791 likes. “Trump” and “FBI” were the fourth and sixth most frequently used key phrases by Russian propagandists on Twitter last week as they criti [...]
Overview Russia’s Spanish-language social media accounts have consistently punched above their weight, with follower numbers and engagement totals far outpacing those of Russia’s other external facing messengers. The success of Russia’s Spanish-lang [...]
Overview Six days after Russia launched a full-scale invasion into Ukraine, the EU banned Kremlin-backed media platforms RT and Sputnik from operating inside or directing content at the EU. In the days between Russia’s war in Ukraine (which started [...]
This report highlights and analyzes key trends and takeaways from data collected by the Hamilton 2.0 dashboard during the previous month. Unlike ASD’s weekly Hamilton reports, which analyze the main topics and themes promoted by monitored Russian an [...]
After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, China conducted military exercises around Taiwan. How should we observe the situation across the Taiwan Strait and the role of Taiwan in US-China relations? What are the key concerns going forward? [...]
width="100%"> Joining host Ron Hansen this week are The Republic's Ray Stern and Stacey Barchenger, along with Rachel Dean Wilson. She’s the head of external affairs at the Alliance for Securing Democracy — a nonpartisan initiative that works to [...]
Announcements We’re recruiting for our fall 2022 paid internships! The research intern will assist our fellows with research on autocratic actors’ endeavors to undermine democracy, and the communications intern will work with our external affairs t [...]
Russia Monitored Russian accounts sent 16,344 tweets, generating 178,980 retweets and 532,493 likes. Kremlin-linked accounts last week focused on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, calling the trip a provocation, amplifying China’s [...]
At the beginning of Russia's war in Ukraine, Facebook, Twitter, and major social media platforms blocked or limited the reach of Russian state media in the West, and created a patchwork of restrictions across the globe. As a result, Russian propagan [...]
In this episode of #ChinaEDGE Live with Lizzi Lee, Zack Cooper, co-director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund, explains to Lizzi (@wstv_lizzi) the significance of the military exercises China launched over the weeken [...]
A Russian court sentenced American basketball player Brittney Griner to 9 years in prison last week. David Salvo, deputy director at GMF’s Alliance for Securing Democracy, joined CNN to discuss her guilty verdict and the potential for a US-Russia pr [...]
David Salvo talked about Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s remarks at the 2022 CPAC conference. [...]
Nancy Pelosi made a visit to Taiwan this week. It wasn't exactly a surprise—we all knew it was happening—but it wasn't announced, and it wasn't quite official either. Beijing has gone a little bit crazy. There are military exercises taking place off [...]
The Chinese government is messaging loudly that a China-centric international order would best serve the interests of the Global South. The current crisis in Sri Lanka seems to run counter to that narrative. After months of unrest, Sri Lankan presid [...]
Last week, Congress passed the long awaited CHIPS and Science Act, which will incentivize domestic chip manufacturing, and invest in advanced research in areas, such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and robotics. Along with reinvigorati [...]
Announcements We’re recruiting for our fall 2022 paid internships! The research intern will assist our fellows with research on autocratic actors’ endeavors to undermine democracy, and the communications intern will work with our external affairs t [...]
It’s been nearly a year since the Department of Justice the U.S. Department of Justice established an Election Threats Task Force to address the rise in threats against election workers, administrators, officials, and others associated with [...]
Russia Monitored Russian accounts tweeted 16,217 times last week, pulling in 189,410 retweets and 549,373 likes. Kremlin-linked accounts last week focused much of their messaging around the EU’s dependence on Russian gas. While RT explained that “te [...]
We are learning about more text messages that went missing from government phones after the January 6 Capitol riot. Lindsay Gorman, senior fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy, joined CBS News' Lana Zak to discuss. [...]