Alliance for Securing Democracy – Weekly Dispatch Facebook and Twitter attempt to improve political advertising on their platforms: Facebook announced steps to further increase the transparency of ads and Pages on its platform. Viewers will now be able to see the ads that a Page is running across Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and partner networks, […]Read More

Last May, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace published a five-country review of Russian election meddling and each country’s preparatory actions, the notable Russian interference and post-election responses. A worthwhile read. Please find the report here and a summary here.Read More

Harvard teamed up with the IRI and NDI to produce a ‘how to’ manual for international election officials.  This manual helps election officials prepare and respond to election meddling.  The report is here and the summary is here.  This summary is basic so read through the actual template to better appreciate.  Also, Harvard’s Belfer Center […]Read More

The Atlantic Council’s report highlights several things Western nations can implement to shore up defenses and even proactively address Russian election meddling.  The report is here and summary slides are here.Read More

A CSIS-held three-person panel highlighted their current research (published books) on the topic:  General Michael Hayden, Mr. Seth Jones and Ms. Heather Conley. The event is here and a summary is here.Read More

Navy Commander Tim McGeehan’s article in the Army War College’s Parameters, offers three types of strategies which may be useful to counter Russian, and any foreign government’s information campaigns against Western governments. The article is here.  A brief summary is hereRead More

In the most recent Army War College Parameters, two authors from DoD’s Asymmetric Warfare Group argue that Russian IO are a decisive tool of state power rather than a supporting element.  Uniquely, Russian leaders are significantly more likely to employ diplomatic, military and economic tools in pursuit of informational objectives than other states’ leaders. Article […]Read More

Successfully Countering Russian Electoral Interference – Fifteen Lessons Learned from the Macron Leaks By Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, Center for Strategic and International Studies The CSIS Brief (six pages) was published in June 2018. A summary is here.Read More

On June 26th, 2018, the Alliance for Securing Democracy of the German Marshall Fund (ASD GMF) for the U.S. held a discussion with former DHS Secretary Chertoff, and former acting director of the CIA Morrell in the Capitol.  ASD launched their “Policy Blueprint for Countering Authoritarian Interference in Democracies”.  This comprehensive, bipartisan report makes recommendations […]Read More

This event provides an on opportunity to demonstrate potential products and technologies applicable to Operations in the Information Environment to members of the Joint Staff and services.  See message on this event sent below: Notice of Request for Information on Technologies to Support Operations in the Information Environment AGENCY: Department of the Army, Department of […]Read More