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Laura Rosenberger and Julie Smith on How China is Using the Coronavirus to Cozy up to Europe in Newsweek
ASD Director Laura Rosenberger and GMF Asia Program Director Julie Smith argue that as the U.S. has abdicated its leadership role during the coronavirus pandemic, China has moved to crown itself the de facto global leader. China has provided assista [...]
Lindsay Gorman and Elsa B. Kania on the U.S. Response to China’s Intellectual Property Theft in Foreign Policy
Instead of restricting Chinese students from U.S. academic and scientific research, U.S. concerns and policy responses should focus on how to counter the tactics and mechanisms that China’s party-state exploits for tech transfer, Emerging Technologi [...]
David Levine on Election Security during the Coronavirus Pandemic in The Fulcrum
Election officials should take three essential steps to ensure elections conducted amidst the coronavirus pandemic are free, fair, and secure, Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine argues in The Fulcrum. He suggests that officials follow professio [...]
Nad’a Kovalcikova on China’s Coronavirus Disinformation Efforts in Europe in Het Financieele Dagblad
Program Manager Nad'a Kovalcikova spoke to Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad about China's disinformation efforts in Europe during the coronavirus pandemic, as well as reports that an EEAS report on this disinformation was toned down under pre [...]
Ariane Tabatabai on How Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Play Politics With the Coronavirus in Foreign Affairs
Middle East Fellow Ariane Tabatabai argues in Foreign Affairs that the IRGC is using traditional and social media to assert its leadership and project itself as the guardian of public health and the champion of the fight against the invisible enemy [...]
Nad’a Kovalcikova on the Need for a European Public Sphere to Combat Disinformation in EURACTIV
Malign actors have been “rewriting the present” & entering the EU’s national public spheres to shape public opinion during the coronavirus pandemic. Program Manager Nad'a Kovalcikova argues that Europe needs to build a transnational, interoperab [...]
Ariane Tabatabai on Iran’s Attempt to Use the U.S. as a Scapegoat During the Coronavirus Pandemic in Vox
Iran is ramping up its fight against the United States. "Despite the crippling toll of the pandemic," Middle East Fellow Ariane Tabatabai and Colin P. Clarke write in Vox, "Tehran has continued to work tirelessly to eject the last remaining US force [...]
Laura Rosenberger on China’s Coronavirus Information Offensive in Foreign Affairs
Beijing is using new methods to spin the coronavirus pandemic to its advantage. “As it began to contain the outbreak within its own borders, Beijing launched an assertive external information campaign aimed at sculpting global discussion of its hand [...]
Ariane Tabatabai Discusses Coronavirus in Iran on ‘Babel’
The spread of the coronavirus has exacerbated tensions within the governmental system and between the system and the population, Middle East Fellow Ariane Tabatabai said on CSIS's podcast "Babel." Iranian state-backed media has been pushing the narr [...]
Laura Rosenberger Discusses Beijing’s Coronavirus Disinformation Campaign on NBC Nightly
As China works to control a resurgence of the coronavirus, U.S. intelligence officials warn that it’s continuing to spread misinformation about where the virus originated and the country’s response to the pandemic. The goal is to make people doubt t [...]
Laura Rosenberger Talks Coronavirus, Authoritarianism, and Democracy with The Bush Institute
Director Laura Rosenberger joined George W. Bush Institute to discuss the impact the coronavirus is having on political freedom and democratic institutions around the world. [...]
Laura Rosenberger on Making Cyberspace Safe for Democracy in Foreign Affairs
Democratic countries view information as an empowering force in the hands of people, while authoritarian systems see this model as a threat; they use surveillance, censorship, and information manipulation to shore up their power and weaken democrati [...]