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About Louis Savoia

Louis Savoia is a program assistant for the Alliance for Securing Democracy at GMF, where he serves as the lead author of ASD's weekly newsletter, the Securing Democracy Dispatch. A recent graduate of American University’s School of International Service, Louis received a bachelor’s in international relations and focused his studies on the European Union and NATO, US foreign policy, and democratic governance. As part of his coursework, Louis spent a semester studying European affairs in Brussels, Belgium. His capstone project investigated patterns of hostage-taking by US adversaries, which he and his research group presented to the Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs. 

Securing Democracy Dispatch

Our Takes Established democracies have clung to outdated practices as backsliding and cultural changes have accelerated. Some democracies, however, have adopted innovative reforms that should serve as a model for their counterparts, GMF’s Senior Vi [...]

2023-09-22T11:33:30-04:00September 21, 2023|By and |

Securing Democracy Dispatch

Our Takes The weaponization of genuine election administration mistakes fueled Texas’ takeover of Harris County’s elections. It is not the only place where simple errors such as long lines and insufficient numbers of ballots are being used to cast [...]

2023-09-15T10:25:01-04:00September 14, 2023|By , and |

Securing Democracy Dispatch

Our Takes All technology platforms see data as an asset. But Chinese platforms snoop on users more brazenly, and that data could fuel China’s campaign for global technology leadership, Senior Fellow for Emerging Technologies Lindsay Gorman told DW [...]

2023-09-07T16:37:41-04:00September 7, 2023|By and |

Securing Democracy Dispatch

Our Takes Poland’s ruling party has eroded the country’s democracy for almost a decade. The OSCE should send a full-scale election observation to monitor challenges on election day this fall and signal its commitment to fighting the increasing thre [...]

2023-08-31T16:10:04-04:00August 31, 2023|By , and |

Securing Democracy Dispatch

Our Takes Although it may temporarily disrupt the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s possible death will not stop Russia’s security services from continuing malign influence operations around the world, Managing Director David Salvo told the Washing [...]

2023-08-24T16:22:49-04:00August 24, 2023|By , and |

Securing Democracy Dispatch

Announcements ICYMI: ASD launched the War in Ukraine: Military Bloggers dashboard, an interactive, open-source tool for analyzing the reach and messaging of prominent Russian military bloggers on Telegram! Read our key takeaways from the dashboard [...]

2023-08-17T16:39:51-04:00August 17, 2023|By and |

Securing Democracy Dispatch

Announcements Our team is growing! We’re looking for a China technology analyst and a communications coordinator to join our team in Washington, DC, and a program assistant to join our team in Brussels. Apply today! Our Take Chinese diplomats and [...]

2023-03-24T08:03:25-04:00March 23, 2023|By , and |

Securing Democracy Dispatch

Announcements Our team is growing! We’re looking for a China technology analyst and a communications coordinator to join our team in Washington, DC, and a program assistant to join our team in Brussels. Apply today! Our Take Russia is trying to u [...]

2023-03-17T09:25:29-04:00March 16, 2023|By , and |

Securing Democracy Dispatch

Our Take In the short term, the war should be seen as a Ukrainian victory and a Russian blunder, but Kyiv will need continued Western support to defend itself, Managing Director David Salvo said on Background Briefing. Despite China’s assertions th [...]

2023-02-24T08:47:15-05:00February 23, 2023|By , and |
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