Russia has long been waging operations against democracies using all of the asymmetric tools ASD tracks—information manipulation, cyberattacks, malign finance, civil society subversion, and state economic coercion. The Kremlin’s geographic scope in conducting operations to undermine democracy continues to expand and its tactics continue to evolve. Find ASD’s work on Russia’s attempts to interfere in democracies on this page.
Laura Thornton in Lawfare: How Democracies Can Respond to the Invasion of Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s passionate speech in Congress underscored the broader consequences of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal war in Ukraine, tying it to the struggle for global democracy. He thanked President Biden for “ [...]
Hamilton Toplines: March 21–27, 2022
Russia Last week, “Biden” was the third most used phrase by Russian diplomats and state media on Twitter, as Kremlin-linked accounts attacked the U.S. president for saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a “butcher” who “cannot remain in p [...]
Propaganda, Politics, and War: Information Manipulation in France’s Presidential Election
Speakers Iris Boyer, Advisory, Institute for Strategic Dialogue France Julien Nocetti, Associate Fellow, French Institute of International Relations Bret Schafer, Senior Fellow and Head of the Information Manipulation Team, Alliance for Securing Dem [...]
Kristine Berzina on the U.S.-EU Plan to Decrease Energy Dependence on Russia on BBC World Business Report
Over a month into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, shelling continues in some of the country’s major cities. We’ll hear from Vira, who is staying put in Kyiv, at least for the time being. And the BBC’s Kateryna Khinkulova explains how the conflict i [...]
French Election Dashboard Toplines: March 14–20, 2022
Highlights Despite being less than a month away from the first round of the presidential election in France, the elections have received far less coverage in state-backed media outlets than the war in Ukraine and other topics. None of the top 10 key [...]
Kristine Berzina Discusses French Companies Continuing Operations in Russia Despite Sanctions on France 24
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky used an address to France's parliament on Wednesday to call on French companies still working in Russia to "stop sponsoring" the Kremlin's aggression against his country. Kristine Berzina, Senior Fellow at the [...]
Kristine Berzina Discusses Biden’s Trip to Europe on Bloomberg Markets
Caroline Hyde, Taylor Riggs & Katie Greifeld discuss one topic from three different angles after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's show tackles Biden's trip to Europe Guests Today: Kristine Berzina of German Marshall Fund's Alliance for S [...]
Democratic States Impose Strong Sanctions on Russia
For years, the United States has sought to use sanctions to achieve several aims related to Russia, including preventing, deterring, and punishing 1) the strategic corruption that President Vladimir Putin uses to advance Russian foreign policy, 2) h [...]
Bret Schafer Quoted in the New York Times: How Russia and Right-Wing Americans Converged on War in Ukraine
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, some members of the far-right media in the United States have been echoing Kremlin talking points and conspiracy theories justifying the war. By parroting and feeding Kremlin narratives, the far-right has provi [...]
Zack Cooper Discusses Russia’s War in Ukraine on War on the Rocks
Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. They explain what has been surprising to each of them thus far in the conflict. Why has Russia struggled so mightily? Why has Ukraine fought so effectively? And why have the Unit [...]
Hamilton Toplines: March 14–March 20, 2022
Russia Russian diplomats and state media last week promoted new evidence to support their conspiracy narrative about the presence of U.S.-funded bioweapon labs in Ukraine, though the number of tweets from Russian propagandists with the term “biologi [...]
Kristine Berzina Assesses the State of U.S.-Russia Diplomatic Ties on NewsNation
Alliance for Securing Democracy's Kristine Berzina says ties between Moscow and Washington have been on shaky ground for years. [...]