Deep Fakes: ‘disinformation on steroids’
Deep fakes are a profoundly serious problem for democratic governments and the world order, according to Robert Chesney of the University of Texas School of Law, and Danielle K. Citron… Read more »
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Africa pushes back against China’s ‘new colonialism’
For a global China, the benefits of increased economic engagement in Africa and becoming the continent’s preferred development partner comes with the burden of ensuring projects’ viability and sustainability. But… Read more »
‘Corrosive kleptocracy’: Nigerian politics in danger of criminal infiltration
President Muhammadu Buhari won the last three presidential elections but he was “rigged out of victory,” according to a former US Ambassador. ”I arrived at that conclusion by talking to people… Read more »
Dealing with dictators: U.S. needs new approach
The disappearance of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi has precipitated a new crisis in U.S.-Saudi relations. Yet that crisis has also revived a much older dilemma in American strategy: How to… Read more »
Saudi dissident’s murder roils Washington think-tanks
The murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi is causing ructions within the think-tank community. As prominent investors, media organizations, and even lobbyists have begun to pull back from involvement in… Read more »
Hybrid Analytica: pro-Kremlin expert propaganda at work
China isn’t the only authoritarian state boosting its investments in sharp power. Russia is investing millions of dollars to have its propaganda delivered to Western audiences under the guise of… Read more »
Does Vietnam have carte blanche for crackdown on dissent?
Human rights advocates are expressing concern over an intensified crackdown on dissent in Vietnam. Some analysts suggest that the Communist regime is emboldened by perceptions that it is a strategically… Read more »
Not In Our Name: Countering Violent Extremist Mobilization
The challenge Central Asian communities face from extremist groups is real. According to estimates, countries of the former Soviet Union were the largest single source of foreign fighters in the… Read more »
Jamal Khashoggi, MBS, and the future of U.S.-Saudi relations
In the wake of the alleged state-sponsored disappearance and killing of Saudi journalist and Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi, the latest in a series of troubling events from the Kingdom… Read more »
Shared vision, ideology drive Iran’s non-state partnerships
The evolution of Iran’s regional strategy post-Arab Spring and its means to execute it – the ‘axis of resistance’ – is the subject of a new CSIS analysis. It explores… Read more »