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December 26, 2020
The NATO Review on December 21, 2020 published a piece highlighting the vulnerability of the Western Balkans to foreign disinformation and looking at ways to combat it. In particular, Serbia was identified as the epicenter of disinformation to the region, noted in the latest disinformation study of the European Parliament as the “launchpad for Russian...
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A recent post in Schneier on Security blog explores the question of “Should There Be Limits on Persuasive Technologies?” Public-interest technologist and Harvard Kennedy School fellow Bruce Schneier examines the public role and impact of persuasion during a pivotal time in technological development, accessibility and analytics, location-based capabilities and data, and political divisiveness and vulnerability....
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Editor’s Note: Informational Professionals Association (IPA) Advisor Michael Williams offers his analysis of Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication 1-4: Competing. In this new publication, Marine Corps Commandant General David H. Berger focuses on the “competition continuum” as a guide for approaching varying levels of interactions that encompass today’s competitive landscape. Chapters include: Chapter 1. The Nature...
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Brandt, J., Schafer, B., Aghekyan, E., Wirtschafter, V., & Danditya, A. (2022). Winning the web: How Beijing exploits search results to shape views of Xinjiang and COVID-19. Brookings Institute. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/winning-the-web-how-beijing-exploits-search-results-to-shape-views-of-xinjiang-and-covid-19/
Mankoff, J. (2020). With Friends Like These: Assessing Russian Influence in Germany. Center for Strategic & International Studies. https://www.csis.org/analysis/friends-these-assessing-russian-influence-germany
Babbage, R. (2019). Winning Without Fighting: Chinese and Russian Political Warfare Campaigns and How the West Can Prevail. Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. https://csbaonline.org/research/publications/winning-without-fighting-chinese-and-russian-political-warfare-campaigns-and-how-the-west-can-prevail/publication/1
Singer, P. W. (n.d.). Winning the War of Words: Information Warfare in Afghanistan. Brookings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.brookings.edu/articles/winning-the-war-of-words-information-warfare-in-afghanistan/
Koerner, B. I. (2016, March). Why ISIS Is Winning the Social Media War—And How to Fight Back. Wired. https://www.wired.com/2016/03/isis-winning-social-media-war-heres-beat/