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ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined Newsy for a news special on the 2022 US midterms on Sunday, August 28, 2022. David shared his thoughts on the state of US democracy, the implications of new voting laws, and the impact of mis- and d [...]
Earlier this month, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman announced while on a tour of the Pacific Island states that U.S. President Joe Biden “is looking forward to welcoming” Pacific Leaders in September 2022. Although the exact date of thi [...]
The Alliance for Securing Democracy’s Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine discussed the impact of election-denying candidates running for office in the 2022 midterms on Newsy on Thursday, August 18, 2022. [...]
After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, China conducted military exercises around Taiwan. How should we observe the situation across the Taiwan Strait and the role of Taiwan in US-China relations? What are the key concerns going forward? [...]
width="100%"> Joining host Ron Hansen this week are The Republic's Ray Stern and Stacey Barchenger, along with Rachel Dean Wilson. She’s the head of external affairs at the Alliance for Securing Democracy — a nonpartisan initiative that works to [...]
At the beginning of Russia's war in Ukraine, Facebook, Twitter, and major social media platforms blocked or limited the reach of Russian state media in the West, and created a patchwork of restrictions across the globe. As a result, Russian propagan [...]
In this episode of #ChinaEDGE Live with Lizzi Lee, Zack Cooper, co-director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund, explains to Lizzi (@wstv_lizzi) the significance of the military exercises China launched over the weeken [...]
A Russian court sentenced American basketball player Brittney Griner to 9 years in prison last week. David Salvo, deputy director at GMF’s Alliance for Securing Democracy, joined CNN to discuss her guilty verdict and the potential for a US-Russia pr [...]
David Salvo talked about Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s remarks at the 2022 CPAC conference. [...]
Nancy Pelosi made a visit to Taiwan this week. It wasn't exactly a surprise—we all knew it was happening—but it wasn't announced, and it wasn't quite official either. Beijing has gone a little bit crazy. There are military exercises taking place off [...]
The Chinese government is messaging loudly that a China-centric international order would best serve the interests of the Global South. The current crisis in Sri Lanka seems to run counter to that narrative. After months of unrest, Sri Lankan presid [...]
Last week, Congress passed the long awaited CHIPS and Science Act, which will incentivize domestic chip manufacturing, and invest in advanced research in areas, such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing and robotics. Along with reinvigorati [...]
It’s been nearly a year since the Department of Justice the U.S. Department of Justice established an Election Threats Task Force to address the rise in threats against election workers, administrators, officials, and others associated with [...]
We are learning about more text messages that went missing from government phones after the January 6 Capitol riot. Lindsay Gorman, senior fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy, joined CBS News' Lana Zak to discuss. [...]
A group in Colorado conducted a so-called “audit” of voters for the purpose of proving fraud in the election process there. Volunteers signed up to ask voters a series of questions to verify their existence and compare with official public records. [...]
The United States and China are on a collision course in the Taiwan Strait. China’s ambitions have risen along with its military power and it may soon be capable of seizing democratically ruled Taiwan — even in a fight with the United States. Presid [...]
WURD Radio · Reality Check 7.27.22 - Rachael Dean Wilson And David Salvo David Salvo and Rachael Dean Wilson from the Alliance for Securing Democracy joined Charles to discuss election security and disinformation ahead of the 2022 midterms. [...]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's proposed visit to Taiwan is fueling frustration in China and causing headaches for the Biden administration. The White House is raising concerns that any trip by Pelosi could lead to an escalation of the relationships wi [...]
“One of the biggest threats to our elections and to democracy in general is misinformation and disinformation. Whether intentional or unintentional, both reduce voters’ confidence in the electoral process, and in turn, discourage participation,” act [...]
Zack Cooper, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute discusses House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's planned trip to Taiwan and China's response. [...]
WURD Radio · Reality Check 7.20.22 - David Levine David Levine is an Elections Integrity Fellow, Alliance for Securing Democracy German Marshall Fund of the United States. He joined Charles to discuss the three Pennsylvania counties’ refusal to tall [...]
On the latest episode of the Conduit Street Podcast, renowned elections expert David Levine joins Kevin Kinnally and Michael Sanderson to discuss election integrity and efficiency. Topics include strategies to deter and defend against misinformati [...]
Chris, Melanie, and Zack consider the economic measures taken by the United States and Europe to punish Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, especially those pertaining to oil and natural gas. To what extent are these policies responsible for risin [...]
The National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command recently reestablished their election security team to help secure the 2022 midterm elections. In light of Independent Sen. Angus King’s push for Cybercom to produce unclassified reports connected [...]
Kleptocracies seem to enjoy powerful coherence between their domestic and foreign policies, given that they wield power at home and abroad through the same corrupt assemblage of actors, networks, tactics, and resources. By prioritizing the fight aga [...]
In a recent Jan. 6 hearing, Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling revealed the most important insight into our current democratic challenges. He was describing how he painstakingly went through each false election claim put forward by one of hi [...]
Russia’s war in Ukraine is a horrific enactment of the struggle between autocracy and democracy. As President Volodymyr Zelenskyy poignantly stated, “Russia fears our democracy more than we are proud of it.” Putin understands well that democracy spr [...]
As the first public hearings about the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection underscored, the biggest current threat to the integrity of American elections is election subversion — i.e., efforts to interfere with or overturn the counting of votes or certificat [...]
Pacific island nations recently rejected a deal that would, in part, further integrate their technological infrastructure and information systems with China. Despite the failure of this sweeping trade and security communique, China continues to deep [...]
Under the Russian-Ukrainian war and the U.S. proposal of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), what challenges does the U.S. face from China in the Indo-Pacific region? In addition, Taiwan and the United States have launched the 21st Century T [...]
David Levine, elections integrity fellow with Alliance for Securing Democracy, joins Cheddar News to discuss Politico's bombshell finding revealing the RNC's plan to contest the elections. [...]
Russia’s information environment has become increasingly constricted. Banning the characterization of Russia’s war in Ukraine as anything but a “special military operation” is just one indication of the censorship and cherry-picking that takes place [...]
Last year, Georgia enacted a controversial elections law that critics said would make it significantly harder for people to vote. And while that may still be true, last week’s primary went smoothly with record turnout among both Republicans and Demo [...]
On issues critical to Beijing, including human rights and the origins of Covid-19, Chinese sources dominate top search results on Western search engines and platforms, including Google, Bing, and YouTube. By securing first-page search results on pop [...]
While the US and social media companies have banned Russian state media and propaganda in light of the war in Ukraine, China is quietly spreading its own disinformation through search engines. And they've been surprisingly effective at it. Elen Ag [...]
This week, the release of the Xinjiang Police Files revealed the extent of China’s inhumane treatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang. Yet, despite pages of suspicious and incriminating evidence, China has denied and condemned these claims. For months, Beiji [...]
ASD Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined Newsy on Monday, May 23 to discuss record early voting and the impact of new voting laws in Georgia ahead of the state’s primary election. [...]
Last year, people around the world were souring on the idea of democracy. But new polling shows surging support for this institution of government. Laura Thornton from the Alliance for Securing Democracy discusses the reasons behind the change in [...]
ASD Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina discusses Finland and Sweden's path to NATO membership on Politics with Bloomberg. [...]
What will Russia's strategy be now that Sweden and Finland have applied to join NATO? With news that Russia is cutting off natural gas supplies, David Salvo from the Alliance for Securing Democracy joins Boyd to talk about the threats both real and [...]