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Three reasons why disinformation is so pervasive and what we can do about it

By Mathieu O'Neil, Michael Jensen, for The Conversation Donald Trump derided any critical news coverage as “fake news” and his unwillingness to concede the 2020...

Flawed Amnesty report risks enabling more Russian war crimes in Ukraine

By Lillian Posner, for UkraineAlert Oksana Pokalchuk, who has spent seven years documenting and investigating human rights abuses as Director of Amnesty International Ukraine, tendered...

The West Has Forgotten How to Keep Secrets

By Jan Kallberg, for CEPA Russian military planners now have access to a treasure trove of European data which can be used to circumvent Western...

Putin has forced Ukrainians to view Russian culture as a weapon of war

By Kate Tsurkan, for UkraineAlert The Russian invasion of Ukraine has amplified the ongoing debate over Russia’s cultural presence in Ukrainian society and accelerated efforts...

Protecting Freedom Of Speech Against Information Manipulation

By EU vs Disinfo Kate Jones is a researcher and consultant on human rights and emerging technology. She has written extensively on disinformation and human rights,...

Russian army faces morale problems as Putin’s Ukraine invasion drags on

By Peter Dickinson, for UkraineAlert New polling data from Moscow indicates that Russian public support for the country’s invasion of Ukraine is growing. However, with the war...

Putin believed his own propaganda and fatally underestimated Ukraine

By Taras Kuzio, for UkraineAlert Russian President Vladimir Putin likes to pose as an unrivaled expert on Ukrainian history and identity politics. However, it is...

Edward Lukas: Out of Shot

By Edward Lukas, for CEPA Gangster dramas are the best guide to the Kremlin’s mindset. Applebaum? Snyder? Belton? Or maybe some Dostoyevsky or Solzhenitsyn? Putin’s war...

Be Afraid, Russia Tells Occupied Ukraine

By Kseniya Kirillova, for CEPA The Kremlin is using a variety of tactics to intimidate and exploit the people of the occupied zones. Vladimir Putin told...

Is a Military Coup Expected in Russia?

By Kseniya Kirillova, for Jamestown Foundation Pro-Kremlin sociologists record an extremely low level of protest activity in Russia against the background of the Ukrainian war....