Disinformation
China and Russia Rejoice as the U.S. Cuts Its Global Media
Now is the time for U.S. policymakers to rethink how America conducts information warfare and develop strategies to prioritize influence and psychological operations against adversarial, authoritarian states.
Why Dissolving RFE/RL and VoA is a Major Geopolitical Blunder
If you want to find real warfighters in America’s history, RFE/RL’s and VoA’s journalists perfectly fit the definition.
Tucker Carlson Is Lying About Ukraine and Mexico
While Carlson repeated that his claim about the weapons being sent to Mexico is a "fact," he offered no evidence of any kind to support it.
Russia Can’t Stop Making Things Up About the F-35
There is no indication that the Arctic conditions had anything to do with the recent F-35 crash in Alaska—but Russia has said so anyway.
Kremlin Disinformation? Demark Denies Losing F-16 Pilot Over Ukraine
An online media watchdog wrote: "The entire story of the killed F-16 instructor was completely fabricated."
Combating Russia’s Global Disinformation Campaign
For years, Russia’s main tactic to compete with Western news media has been to create alternative outlets, like its television channel RT (previously Russia Today) and the Sputnik multimedia news...
Forecasting Hezbollah’s Next Move
Israel’s attacks on Hezbollah, and reportedly Hamas, on Tuesday and Wednesday mark a significant escalation in the Gaza war and bring Israel and Iran’s “axis of resistance” closer to all-out...
Handling—and Mishandling—Intelligence
The news about Alexander Smirnov, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen with murky connections in former Soviet republics, was quite a comedown from what Republican members of Congress were making of the...
Pro-Russian Media Narrative Takes Hold in Egypt
On December 6 of last year, Russian president Vladimir Putin made a lightning tour to the Middle East to the UAE and Saudi Arabia amid heightened tensions and fears of...
Telesur’s Pro-Iran Propaganda
On October 7, Hamas launched its murderous pogrom against Israel. Right on cue, Venezuela’s state-owned news channel Telesur TV, Maduro’s global news outlet, immediately began to peddle pro-Iranian, pro-Hamas, and...
Ukraine’s Lessons for the Future of Hybrid Warfare
A new decision-analysis approach is necessary to capture the use of disinformation in the context of hybrid warfare. The war in Ukraine features two different types of competing societies: open...
How Ukraine Won the Information War
A little over a year ago, global audiences were transfixed by the final days of the war in Afghanistan. While headlines around the world reported on catastrophic battlefield losses and...