The coronavirus pandemic is creating an opportunity for foreign actors who seek to undermine Western democracies to advance their goals. From weekly reports that track messaging from Russian and Chinese state-backed media and diplomatic actors, to pieces that analyze the geopolitical impact of crisis, ASD’s work on coronavirus can be found here.
Jennifer Gurev and David Levine on Holding Safe Elections Under Coronavirus
ASD Junior Fellow Jennifer Gurev and Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine discuss election integrity during the threat of coronavirus, and explore examples like the elections in Poland and the cyber attacks in North Macedonia. [...]
Hamilton Toplines: August 8-14, 2020
Iranian, Russian, and Chinese state media and government accounts focused on an array of major developments last week. Iranian accounts continued to cover the aftermath of the Beirut explosion—including continued accusations of U.S. and Israeli invo [...]
Hamilton Analysis: The Vaccine Race: Russia’s Coverage of the Sputnik V Announcement
Overview On August 11, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia had approved the world’s first coronavirus vaccine, which it dubbed Sputnik V in reference to the Soviet Union’s famous orbital satellite—the world’s first in 1957. [...]
David Levine Testifies before House Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Innovation
Statement of David Levine, Elections Integrity Fellow, Alliance for Securing Democracy Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection & Innovation of the Committee on Homeland Security Hearing On “Safe, Secure and Auditable: Protecting [...]
David Levine Discusses How to Keep Voters—And Votes—Safe in November with GovExec
Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine joined GovExec's daily podcast to discuss the security of the election, mail-in voting, and the coronavirus. The 2020 election cycle was expected to dominate this year, but it has been moved aside as the corona [...]
The Challenges Poland Faced in Securing its Presidential Elections During Coronavirus
In May, just days before the Polish presidential election was scheduled, the coronavirus pandemic and a government-ordered lockdown threw preparations for the election into disarray. The conservative ruling party and its opponents could not agree on [...]
Hamilton Weekly Report: July 11-July 17, 2020
Overview Coronavirus coverage was again the primary through line in messaging from Russia, Iran, and China last week, with Russian state media and diplomats touting an alleged breakthrough in the country’s development of a vaccine (a claim boosted b [...]
Kristine Berzina on Europe’s Coronavirus Travel Ban on Euronews
Senior Fellow Kristine Berzina spoke to Euronews about the EU's decision to keep the United States off its list of non-EU countries whose residents are allowed to visit the bloc. "This may be unpopular but it is very difficult to dispute the fact [...]
Nad’a Kovalčíková on NATO’s Approach Toward China with Women in International Security
Fellow and Program Manager Nad’a Kovalčíková was interviewed on Women in International Security's new podcast, "WIIS Brussels Voices," about NATO's approach toward China. Nad’a Kovalčíková and RAND's Gabrielle Tarini discussed their new policy pap [...]
Competitive Strategies for Democracy in the Age of AI
Introduction In a 1972 paper for the United States Air Force Project at RAND, the late Andrew Marshall defined what he called a more “efficient, effective U.S. competitive role.”A.W. Marshall, Long-Term Competition with the Soviets: A Framework fo [...]
Hamilton Weekly Report: June 13-19, 2020
Overview For the first time since the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, coverage of racism, police brutality, and related protests did not feature among the top ten hashtags or key phrases (in aggregate) used by Russian, Chinese, and Iranian d [...]
Lindsay Gorman on Zoom’s Tiananmen Debacle and Democratic Values in Newsweek
American companies like Zoom need to support our values of openness and freedom of information at home and abroad, Emerging Technologies Fellow Lindsay Gorman argues in Newsweek. Americans are increasingly relying on video conferencing software fo [...]