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WANTED: Kremlin Watch Intern European Values Think-Tank is looking for an intern for the Kremlin Watch Program. SPECIFICATION: Team work and independent activities in the Kremlin Watch team, which include: Monitoring and cooperation on weekly Kremlin Watch Monitor in English language; Involvement in the preparation of expert documentation within the area of disinformation campaigns; Participation in the preparation and realization of the STRATCOM MiniSUMMIT. Find out more about the opportunity…
Weekly Update on the Kremlin’s Disinformation Efforts According to Politico, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson finally approved $60 million for use by the Global Engagement Center, an inter-agency within the State Department, after initially refusing to accept the funding. For weeks, he has endured increasing pressure from Congress, which allocated $80 million for national efforts to counter propaganda and disinformation campaigns. Mr. Tillerson also gave the green light for…
Weekly Update on the Kremlin Disinformation Efforts The Obama administration was warned about the Kremlin’s subversive activities in 2014. In light of these revelations, the fact that the United States failed to take any serious action to pre-empt the Kremlin’s attempts to interfere with its electoral process is all the more serious. According to Politico, the administration had sufficient intelligence indicating that the Russian government sought to disrupt Western democratic systems,…
Weekly Update on the Kremlin Disinformation Efforts Donald Trump tries to reinsure Europe During his second presidential trip to Europe, Donald Trump stopped by in Poland to re-affirm the commitment of the United States to NATO allies and Article 5 guarantees. In his speech, which preceded the meeting with Russian President Putin at the G20 Summit, he urged Russia to “cease its destabilizing activities in Ukraine and elsewhere.” He also…
New publications How to protect your democratic elections from Russian influence? Read our new article published by the Atlantic Council co-authored by Jakub Janda and Veronika Víchová. If you want to read more about the detailed approach we recommend, here is our Framework guide to tools for countering hostile foreign electoral interference. Also, Jakub Janda, the Head of the Kremlin Watch Program, has been quoted by the Washington Post in…
STRATCOM SUMMIT 2017 How to Defend Allied Democracies against Hostile Influence and Disinformation Operations Since Monday 15th until Friday, the STRATCOM SUMMIT organized by thy European Values think-tank is under way in Prague at the Czech Ministry of Interior. Altogether 330 participants are representing 29 countries over five days. On Thursday, the key-note speech was given by the Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, who stated that the EEAS East STRATCOM team “needs…
Invitation: How Europe sees Putin’s Russia On April 24, we will present a new major study in the European Parliament, which evaluates policies of individual EU28 countries towards Russia. It is our pleasure to invite you to the public hearing (www.europeanvalues.net/putin/). New publication: How Kremlin controls major Russian media We would like to introduce a new Kremlin Watch Report, authored by Ilyas Sharibzhanov, Analyst of the Kremlin Watch Programme. Mass…
Invitation to the Expert Roundtable How Europe sees Putin’s Russia The purpose of this event is to discuss how various allied states perceive the threat which Russian Federation poses to European security infrastructure and internal affairs of Western democracies. A new comparative study “How Europe sees Putin’s Russia” by the European Values Think-Tank will be presented. It will analyse security strategies, foreign policy strategies and annual reports of allied intelligence…
Invitation to the Expert Roundtable The European Values Think-Tank in cooperation with the European People’s Party Group in the European Parliament are pleased to invite you to conference: “Putin’s Russia: How urgent threat it poses?” This conference will be held under patronage of Jaromír Štětina MEP, member of EPP Group, Vice-Chair of Security and Defense Subcommittee of the European Parliament. A new comparative study “Behavior of Putin`s Russia through lens of…
New Publications Two of our colleagues, Jakub Janda and Ilyas Sharibzhanov, published on the Atlantic Council an overview of six main narratives that Russian disinformation pushed during 2016. Namely, they were: Europe is facing Armageddon due to migration Europeans want to recognize Crimea as Russian but the EU stands in the way The murder of British MP Jo Cox was an inside job to sway the Brexit vote Ukraine isn’t…
