🔎 In a new analysis, GMF's @doroshishka.bsky.social, @sophiearts.bsky.social & Jana Ondraskova assess the Russian response to actions taken by the NATO, the EU and member states to protect their assets and the Baltic and North Sea environment against damage from commercial vessels. buff.ly/w76q5Ka

Russian Sabre-Rattling in the Baltic Sea

This article assesses Baltic maritime security and Russia's informational offense tied to EU and NATO countermeasures against the shadow fleet within April-June 2025. This article assesses Baltic…

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🌎 In a new era of geopolitical rivalry and strategic competition, compounding global security crises, and the growth of authoritarian spheres of influence, the transatlantic alliance is under strain and faces the urgent task of reinventing itself. (1/3)

#Iran, #Russia, and #China: how much (rhetorical) agreement is there now during the #Israel-Iran conflict? We at @securedemocracy.bsky.social @gmfus.bsky.social combed through officials' statements and news media to find it out: 👇

Choosing between the East and the West: My report about search media environment prior to #Moldova 2024 votes is out with the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the @gmfus.bsky.social Main takeaways: ⬇️

Searching for Geopolitical Direction: The Sources Russian and Romanian Speakers Encountered on Search Engines Prior to Moldova's 2024 Votes

Since its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Moldova has oscillated between East and West, or between closer ties with Russia or the EU. Last fall, the country faced this existential question...

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Grateful to practice my OSINT skills in linking TV BRICS to the Kremlin. 🕵🏼‍♀️📺🪆 Insightful piece led by my awesome colleague @benzoni.bsky.social

Peter Benzoni@benzoni.bsky.social · 2y ago

Really proud of this one—I show how TV BRICS, a seemingly innocuous public diplomacy outlet is linked to sanctioned entities launched at the behest of Vladimir Putin. TV BRICS facilitates interstate influence through a network of partnerships across BRICS+ securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/what-is-tv-b...

US foreign adversaries know that state and local governments and communities are foundational to US democracy. In Bret Schafer and my new report for @gmfus.bsky.social, we explore how foreign actors target Americans at the local level with examples from all 50 states and DC. 🧵

The State(s) of Foreign Information Operations

This report outlines an example of a foreign information operation targeting each of the 50 US states and the District of Columbia. This report outlines an example of a foreign information operation t...

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