A selection of our work and experts featured in print, television, radio, and online.
In the wake of misinformation about the 2020 election, one expert believes democracy is on the ballot this year. David Levine, elections integrity fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy and former Ada County elections director from 2017 to 20 [...]
Background Briefing with Ian Masters · How Far Will Xi Jinping Go in Supporting His Fellow Dictator Putin? We begin with talks between The U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi in Rome after leaks from [...]
ASD Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina spoke to Newsy about the transatlantic response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Putin’s fear of a democratic Ukraine on March 12, 2022. [...]
David Salvo, deputy director of GMF’s Alliance for Securing Democracy and a former State Department official in Russia, joined Fox News to discuss Putin’s “failures” during Russia’s war in Ukraine on March 12, 2022. [...]
ASD Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina joined CTV News on March 11, 2022 to discuss Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, the impact of economic sanctions, and the prospect for a diplomatic solution. [...]
First: We’re entering a new phase of the war in Ukraine as Russia ramps up its attacks on civilians. Cue: pressure on the US to hit Russia harder. We’ll break down Biden’s big announcement this week banning Russian oil, the damage it could cause to [...]
ASD Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina joins Washington Journal to discuss bans on Russian oil imports and the impact on global energy markets. [...]
The Chinese government’s promotion of Russian disinformation in the middle of the war has ignited concern among Western officials because of China’s powerful diplomatic standing and extensive cyberabilities. Analysts who study disinformation from th [...]
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina discusses the U.S. and U.K. ban on Russian oil imports. Berzina says cutting energy will directly affect citizens in both the U.S. and EU through higher energy costs. [...]
Global oil prices soared Tuesday as President Joe Biden announced that the United States will ban imports of Russian energy — a move that could have a dramatic impact in punishing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime for its invasion of Ukraine [...]
This program looks at President Biden banning Russian oil imports, Ukrainian President Zelensky addressing British Parliament, and Congress finalizing a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill with emergency aid for Ukraine and COVID-19 prep. ASD Senior [...]
The Alliance for Securing Democracy’s Deputy Director David Salvo joined Newsy’s Evening Debrief on March 7, 2022 to discuss Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine and the possibility for a diplomatic offramp. [...]
Russia’s war on Ukraine has built an unprecedented level of unity and geopolitical decisiveness across the Atlantic and among democracies around the world. This is the precise opposite of what Russia had intended. Russia has worked to sow discord wi [...]
The Ukraine invasion is forcing the European Union to completely rethink its energy policy. Kristine Berzina joined BBC on March 4, 2022 to discuss the implications of Europe separating itself from Russian oil and gas. [...]
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, and more Ukrainians continue to be killed and displaced, it is difficult not to feel pessimistic about what could happen next in this war. With so many different angles to this story, WNYC reached out t [...]
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine intensifies, are there any off ramps left for Putin to take? Senior fellow at the Cato Institute Justin Logan and senior fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy Kristine Berzina join Ayman to discuss. [...]
The situation in Ukraine is the focus of the world's media. The shelling of Kharkiv has been condemned as a war crime by the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. There has been damage across the whole of Ukraine, but the next phase of the Russia [...]
Fueled by false conspiracy theories about a stolen presidential election, at least 19 states passed measures in 2021 that make it unnecessarily harder to cast, count and/or certify votes. A Texas law known as SB 1 may be the worst of the lot, and th [...]
Russian forces bombarded the central square in Ukraine’s second-largest city and other civilian sites Tuesday in what the country’s president condemned as a blatant campaign of terror by Moscow. In Kyiv, the TV tower in the capital was hit, accordin [...]
Clint Watts, a former FBI special agent, a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, a Non-Resident Fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democracy, and the author of Messing With The Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media W [...]
ASD Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina talks to Al Jazeera about the new sanctions on Russia. [...]
One hundred countries joined President Biden’s Summit for Democracy in December to affirm global commitment to democracy during a period of decline and rising authoritarianism. Lofty pledges were made, and the White House announced 2022 as a “year o [...]
ASD Senior Fellow and illicit finance expert Josh Kirschenbaum joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss strategies the U.S. and European allies could take in imposing additional sanctions on Russia. [...]
ASD's Zack Cooper and GMF's Bonnie Glaser talk with Carol Castiel about the evolution of U.S. China relations. They also analyze growing geostrategic rapprochement between Moscow and Beijing. [...]
Russian President Vladimir Putin openly invaded the neighboring country of Ukraine on Thursday following weeks of overtures and discussions on keeping an incursion from happening. David Salvo, the deputy director for the Alliance for Securing Democr [...]
Everyone has been watching in horror on their TVs as Russia invades Ukraine, an attack Europe has not seen in decades. Is this the beginning of a new normal in Eastern Europe? Or can the international community band together and respond in a way th [...]
Kristine Berzina, senior fellow and head of the geopolitics team at the Alliance for Securing Democracy, talks about Germany's decision to halt Nord Stream 2. [...]
ASD Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina talks to DW News about the current state of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. [...]
Earlier this month, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (“OSCE”), pointedly recommended the deployment of a full-scale election observation mission (“EOM”) — one that includes a core team of analysts as well long and short-term o [...]
Kristine Berzina, senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund's Alliance for Securing Democracy, joins France 24, asserting that energy revenues are of utmost importance to President Putin. As a major energy supplier to Europe, Russia favors piling on [...]
Although Europe's main election watchdog, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE-ODIHR), raised significant concerns about the democratic character of Hungary's 2014 a [...]
Alliance for Securing Democracy Deputy Director David Salvo joined Newsy to talk about Putin's playbook in the Russia-Ukraine crisis. [...]
Washington, D.C. – Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) hébergée par le German Marshall Fund (GMF) lance aujourd’hui le Dashboard de l’Election Française 2022, un tableau de bord interactif accessible au public qui nourrira des analyses des thémati [...]
Washington, D.C. – The Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) at the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) today launched the 2022 French Election Dashboard, an interactive, open-source tool that will provide summary analysis of narratives [...]
We are witnessing an unprecedented attack on our democracy, fueled by baseless allegations that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. Such claims inspired the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and spawned a sort of dual re [...]
When Idahoans vote in the 2022 elections later this year, Democrats and Republicans will not be the only candidates on the ballot — democracy will be as well. Idaho voters must do their part to ensure that future elections continue to represent the [...]
U.S. President Joe Biden has warned Ukraine's leader that a Russian invasion is a "distinct possibility." And it may happen as soon as next month. The Kremlin has denied it is planning an attack. [...]
Alliance for Securing Democracy Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina joined Newsy’s The Why to discuss the Pentagon’s warning that a Russian attack on Ukraine may be “imminent." [...]
Much of Europe's energy comes in the form of natural gas piped in from Russia. If infrastructure in Ukraine is damaged in a conflict, or Russia withholds supplies in response to sanctions, Europe could see energy prices skyrocket even more, or face [...]
Here & Now's Scott Tong speaks with Russia expert Kristine Berzina about why European dependence on Russian natural gas—and the not-yet-operational Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany—have made it harder for NATO allies to [...]