In his new YouTube series Trust But Verify, Non-Resident Fellow Clint Watts looks at different parts of Russia’s information manipulation operations and their impact on the United States.
It’s now common knowledge that Russia has an interest in influencing the American information space, interfering in our elections, and otherwise sowing chaos in our country. But how exactly do they try to accomplish this? In the second episode of Trust But Verify, Non-Resident Fellow Clint Watts examines the Kremlin’s strategy for dividing Americans through influence operations, in the hopes that we can better defend ourselves against this information barrage.
If interested in a deeper dive into how the Kremlin employs information to divide Americans:
- Readers might enjoy Chapters 4 & 6 of Messing With The Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians and Fake News
- Readers who want to read less might appreciate “Trolling for Trump: How Russia Is Trying To Destroy Our Democracy”
- Viewers might like the full discussion from the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Russia’s interference in Election 2016, CSPAN, March 30, 2017
