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Laura Rosenberger in The New York Times: 7 Ways That You Can Save Our Democracy
Americans have heard a lot about threats to the 2020 election. But one of the greatest threats may be a loss of faith in our electoral system itself. The director of the F.B.I., Christopher Wray, told Congress in September that his greatest concern [...]
Josh Rudolph in Dallas Morning News: Beat Russia’s Election Endgame By Keeping the Faith
A Soviet adage suggests Westerners play chess proficiently through the opening and middlegame, only to be overtaken by a surprisingly offensive Soviet endgame. In the days ahead, Russia might stage a come-from-behind endgame attack in the aftermath [...]
David Levine in The Fulcrum: Here’s Why the U.S. Can Handle Voter Intimidation
Elections Integrity Fellow David Levine coauthored an article with Tammy Patrick of the Democracy Fund on how U.S. election infrastructure protects voters from intimidation in The Fulcrum. There's been growing concern about voter intimidation in th [...]
The Alliance for Securing Democracy Releases Strategy for Democracies to Offset Autocratic Advances
ALLIANCE FOR SECURING DEMOCRACY RELEASES STRATEGY FOR DEMOCRACIES TO OFFSET AUTOCRATIC ADVANCES Bipartisan Task Force provides 24 recommendations across four areas of competition. Washington, D.C. – The Al [...]
Laura Rosenberger Discusses Foreign Interventions in U.S. Campaigns on ‘The Lawfare Podcast’
Director Laura Rosenberger has been working on combating foreign interference in U.S. domestic politics since 2016, and she is the author of two recent significant articles—one in Foreign Affairs and one on Lawfare—both on the subject of foreign inf [...]
Zack Cooper in Real Clear World: How to Respond to China’s Information Warfare
Co-Director Zack Cooper and AEI Researcher Aine Tyrrell argue that reciprocity plays into the Chinese Communist Party’s hands in three key ways. Last week, the State Department designated six media entities operating in the United States as foreign [...]
Bret Schafer Discusses Online Election Disinformation on WLVT
Media and Digital Disinformation Fellow Bret Schafer spoke to WLVT's about disinformation on social media ahead of the 2020 election. Last month, the FBI posted a warning on its website, stating that cybercriminals and foreign actors will use soci [...]
Jessica Brandt and Bret Schafer for Brookings: How China’s ‘Wolf Warrior’ Diplomats Use and Abuse Twitter
A little more than a year ago, China had almost no diplomatic presence on Twitter. A handful of accounts, many representing far-flung diplomatic outposts, operated without apparent coordination or direction from Beijing. Today, the work of Chinese d [...]
Clint Watts Discusses Foreign Interference in 2020 Election on ‘Intelligence Matters’
In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell interviews former FBI Special Agent Clint Watts, current Distinguished Research Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and Non-Resident Fellow at the Alliance for Securing Democra [...]
David Levine in The Fulcrum: Three Takeaways from Election Meddling by Russia and Iran
Last week we learned Russia and Iran are interfering in the 2020 presidential election. That's concerning, but hardly surprising. It's a reminder that Americans need to be vigilant as the election approaches. And there are some common-sense actions [...]
Bret Schafer Discusses Foreign Disinformation Efforts Ahead of the Election on Florida’s WPTV
Media and Digital Disinformation Fellow Bret Schafer spoke to WPTV about malign foreign actors' attempts to use local news outlets to spread disinformation ahead of elections. Schafer told Contact 5 one technique foreign actors use is to tag legit [...]
The Alliance for Securing Democracy Releases A Future Internet for Democracies: Contesting China’s Dominance in 5G, 6G, and the Internet-of-Everything
The Alliance for Securing Democracy’s Emerging Technology Fellow Lindsay Gorman is out with a new report, A Future Internet for Democracies: Contesting China’s Dominance in 5G, 6G, and the Internet-of-Everything, in which she details the stakes of c [...]