Propaganda 2.0: Chinese Communist Party’s Message Gets Tech Upgrade Reuters in the New York Times, March 5th, 2019 In a bright red office in south Beijing, some of China’s most studious Communist Party members are gathered around their smartphones. The focus of their attention is a range of mobile apps and websites which allow them […]Read More

Our Take ASD Director Laura Rosenberger and Co-Director Jamie Fly spoke at the George W. Bush Institute at Southern Methodist University and the University of Texas at Austin’s Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs last week. They also gave an interview to “Think,” a program on Dallas’ KERA radio, on lessons learned from the […]Read More

Schieffer Series: The Kremlin Playbook 2: The Enablershttps://www.csis.org/events/schieffer-series-kremlin-playbook-2-enablers A discussion with Heather Conley,  Senior Vice President for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic; and Director, Europe Program, CSIS Juan Zarate,  Senior Adviser, Transnational Threats Project and Human Rights Initiative, CSIS Moderated by Bob Schieffer, CSIS Trustee Monday, March 11, 2019 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Center […]Read More

Andrew Kramer, March 2nd, 2019, New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/world/europe/russia-hybrid-war-gerasimov.html MOSCOW — The chief of Russia’s armed forces endorsed on Saturday the kind of tactics used by his country to intervene abroad, repeating a philosophy of so-called hybrid war that has earned him notoriety in the West, especially among American officials who have accused Russia of […]Read More

A Newsletter of Political Warfare, Influence, and Information Campaigns from the Pell Center at Salve Regina University Sign up for the Active Measures Newsletter here.  Top stories for this week:  How a Private Israeli Intelligence Firm Spied on Pro-Palestinian Activists in the U.S. | Adam Entous | The New Yorker Malicious Use of Social Media: Case Studies From BBC Monitoring […]Read More

Emily Dreyfuss, Culture section, WiredFebruary 28th, 2019 https://www.wired.com/story/momo-hoax-viral-scares-advice/ Who knows what the kids are doing online, right? They’ve got their TikToks and their Snapchats and their flop Instagram accounts, while parents are still posting on Facebook and Twitter. The disconnect between how the olds and their children use the internet leads to parental anxiety, and […]Read More

Cyber Command Operation Took Down Russian Troll Farm for Midterm Elections Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, February 26th, 2019 The American military took down a Russian troll farm last Election Day in a cyberattack that continued for several days after the vote, part of what United States officials have said is a persistent campaign […]Read More

Our Take ASD Co-Directors Laura Rosenberger and Jamie Fly published an op-ed in The Dallas Morning News arguing that “political divisions, which Russia’s efforts exploit, are hindering our ability to respond forcefully to this threat [of foreign interference].” Rosenberger and Fly will speak at the George W. Bush Institute at Southern Methodist University on February […]Read More

A Newsletter of Political Warfare, Influence, and Information Campaigns from the Pell Center at Salve Regina University Sign up for the Active Measures Newsletter here.  Top stories for this week:  Viktor Orban’s Government has Become an Enthusiastic Partner in Russia’s Financial Expansion | Szabo Andras | Direkt36 Countering Russia’s Aggression in Ukraine | U.S. Department of StateAustralia’s Major […]Read More

A quick round-up of several ongoing cognitive security highlights in Denmark: (1) highlights of the government’s annual risk assessment, (2) the Danish Institute for International Studies, Russian Influence Operations brief, and (3) The University of Copenhagen’s Department of Political Science and their Digital Disinformation effort. 1. The Danish Defence Intelligence Service’s 2018 Intelligence Risk Assessment highlights Russia’s […]Read More