The Chinese Communist Party is increasingly adapting its domestic coercive tactics to influence and interfere in foreign democratic countries. Find ASD’s work on the tools China uses—ranging from the weaponization of its economy to Beijing’s attempts to control global and domestic narratives—to interfere in democracies on this page.
Hamilton Analysis: China Uses New Trade Pact for Geopolitical Signaling
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 [...]
Zack Cooper in Fulcrum Singapore: Mind the Gap: Biden’s Opportunity to Reengage Southeast Asia
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 [...]
Nad’a Kovalčíková on the Coronavirus Infodemic: Using and Abusing Information Space
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. [...]
Huawei, the 2020 U.S. Elections, and Transatlantic Messaging
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 [...]
Hamilton Toplines: November 14-20, 2020
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 [...]
Foreign Amplification of Voter Fraud Narratives: How Russian, Iranian, and Chinese Messengers Have Leveraged Post-Election Unrest in the United States
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 [...]
Zack Cooper for Lowy Institute: Back To The Future: Will Biden’s Asia Policy Come Full Circle?
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 [...]
Hamilton Toplines: November 7-13, 2020
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 [...]
China’s European Playbook
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. [...]
5G Security: The New Energy Security
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 [...]
Hamilton Toplines: October 31-November 6, 2020
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 [...]
Bryce Barros and Brad Hanlon Discuss Russia, China, and Election Disinformation on ‘SpyCast’
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’ [...]