Civil society subversion is the hijacking or co-option of foreign social movements, organizations, diaspora communities, advocacy groups, or other civil society entities through non-transparent or seditious means to amplify political and social cleavages, promote extremism, or otherwise divide target societies.
Cases of civil society subversion are included if they are perpetrated by individuals or entities linked to the Russian or Chinese governments, their ruling parties, or their proxies. Cases included provide representative examples of how civil society subversion undermines democratic institutions or processes.
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Netherlands
2014-July 2022
United States
Jan 2012 - June 2017
United States
September 2021 - Ongoing
Canada
January 2022
Ukraine
Jan 2022
Germany
December 25, 2020
Germany
October 22, 2021
United States
September 2019
United States
March 2021
United States
June 2020
United States
25 November, 2019
United Kingdom
15 December, 2019
United States
May - June 2020
Canada
1 November, 2016
United States
October 2012 - 31 January 2013
Sweden
9 April 2021
Hungary
April 2021 - Ongoing
Georgia
2012-2019
United States
February 2021
Bosnia and Herzegovina
October 2014
Bosnia and Herzegovina
October 2014
Bosnia and Herzegovina
October 2014
Ukraine
2018-present
Lithuania
2019-2020
Kosovo
May 30, 2019
Spain
2016-2017
Czech Republic
April 10, 2020
Poland
May 2019
Georgia
March 2019-August 2020