A Newsletter of Political Warfare, Influence, and Information Campaigns from the Pell Center at Salve Regina University Sign up for the Active Measures Newsletter here. Top stories this week: Researcher: The West […]Read More
The Russian “disinformation chain” starts from the very top—from Russian leadership, to Russian actors and proxies, through channels of amplification such as social media platforms, and finally to U.S. media consumers. So how can policymakers combat this threat in the United States?Read More
Iain King CBE, Defence Counsellor at the British Embassy in Washington D.C., February 12, 2019, Strategy Bridgehttps://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2019/2/12/what-do-cognitive-biases-mean-for-deterrenceSome highlights: Humans make poor decisions—not just sometimes, but systematically—and new insights into these cognitive […]Read More
RadioFreeEurope’s reporting is here and here. New York Times coverage is here. Associated Press file is here. Fox News report is here. RT, Russia TodayMarch 7th, 2019https://www.rt.com/russia/453243-duma-fake-news-law/ Spreading fake information […]Read More
Issie Lapowsky and Nicholas Thompson, Wired, March 6th, 2019 https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-zuckerberg-privacy-pivot/ If there’s one choice that Facebook has made repeatedly over the past 15 years, it’s been to prioritize growth over […]Read More
Hungary’s leader calls EU parliament critics ‘useful idiots’ David Rising and Pablo Gorondi from the AP in the Washington Post, March 3rd, 2019 Hungary’s populist prime minister described members of […]Read More
Reuters in the New York Times, March 5th, 2019 BEIJING — In a bright red office in south Beijing, some of China’s most studious Communist Party members are gathered around […]Read More
Propaganda 2.0: Chinese Communist Party’s Message Gets Tech Upgrade Reuters in the New York Times, March 5th, 2019 In a bright red office in south Beijing, some of China’s most […]Read More
Our Take ASD Director Laura Rosenberger and Co-Director Jamie Fly spoke at the George W. Bush Institute at Southern Methodist University and the University of Texas at Austin’s Lyndon B. […]Read More
Schieffer Series: The Kremlin Playbook 2: The Enablershttps://www.csis.org/events/schieffer-series-kremlin-playbook-2-enablers A discussion with Heather Conley, Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic; and Director, Europe Program, CSIS Juan Zarate, Senior […]Read More