Format Changes Pending, Holiday Pause - Global Influence Operations Report

The GIOR edi­tors are in the midst of prepar­ing a for­mat change that we expect to intro­duce after the New Year. While that work is under­way, pub­li­ca­tion will pause for the hol­i­day peri­od. We will share more details once the new for­mat is finalized.   We wish our read­ers all the best for the hol­i­days […]

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Putin Launches RT India Spreading "West Versus Rest" Narrative - Global Influence Operations Report

Vladimir Putin has per­son­al­ly launched RT India, spread­ing the ” West ver­sus rest nar­ra­tive with anti-colo­nial rhetoric. On 9 Decem­ber 2025, The Con­ver­sa­tion report­ed that a new Krem­lin-fund­ed broad­cast­er frames con­tem­po­rary Russ­ian for­eign pol­i­cy as a con­tin­u­a­tion of Sovi­et anti-impe­ri­al­ist engage­ment, accus­ing the “col­lec­tive west” of neo­colo­nial inten­tions while advo­cat­ing for a mul­ti­po­lar “de-west­ern­ised” inter­na­tion­al […]

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Trump Security Strategy Declares European 'Civilizational Erasure" - Global Influence Operations Report

The Trump admin­is­tra­tion’s Nation­al Secu­ri­ty Strat­e­gy declares Europe faces civ­i­liza­tion­al era­sure. On 12 Decem­ber 2025, The Tele­graph report­ed that a 33-page secu­ri­ty plan paint­ed an exco­ri­at­ing pic­ture of Europe in ter­mi­nal decline, ruled by weak, cor­rupt elites, warn­ing the con­ti­nent will be “unrec­og­niz­able in 20 years or less” if present trends con­tin­ue, while herald­ing patri­ot­ic […]

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Israeli Foreign Ministry Claims X’s New Location Feature Unmasked pro-Hamas Network - Global Influence Operations Report

Social net­work X’s new user loca­tion fea­ture unmasked a vast pro-Hamas dis­in­for­ma­tion net­work, the Israeli For­eign Min­istry has claimed. On 24 Novem­ber 2025, the Pitts­burgh Jew­ish Chron­i­cle, repub­lish­ing Jew­ish News Syn­di­cate (JNS), report­ed that a new trans­paren­cy tool on X had revealed that many sup­posed pro-Hamas Gaza eye­wit­ness accounts were actu­al­ly oper­at­ed from coun­tries world­wide, […]

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Leaked Trump Strategy Calls for Pulling Italy Hungary Poland Austria Out of EU - Global Influence Operations Report

A leaked Trump Nation­al Secu­ri­ty Strat­e­gy doc­u­ment report­ed­ly calls for pulling four coun­tries from the Euro­pean Union. On 11 Decem­ber 2025, Yahoo News report­ed that a longer ver­sion of the strat­e­gy cir­cu­lat­ed before White House unclas­si­fied 29-page doc­u­ment lists Italy, Hun­gary, Poland, and Aus­tria as coun­tries the US should work with “the goal of pulling […]

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Trump Will Lead 'Revolutionary' European Regime Change, Says Orbán's Political Director - Global Influence Operations Report

Bal­azs Orbán, Vik­tor Orbán’s polit­i­cal direc­tor (no rela­tion), says US Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump will lead a rev­o­lu­tion in Europe, requir­ing regime change in Brus­sels. On 12 Decem­ber 2025, The Times report­ed that Vik­tor Orbán’s chief strate­gist declared “Europe is going down” and cel­e­brat­ed Trump’s Nation­al Secu­ri­ty Strat­e­gy as “the most impor­tant and most inter­est­ing doc­u­ment” […]

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Trump Will Lead 'Revolutionary' European Regime Change, Says Orbán's Political Director - Global Influence Operations Report

Bal­azs Orbán, Vik­tor Orbán’s polit­i­cal direc­tor (no rela­tion), says US Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump will lead a rev­o­lu­tion in Europe, requir­ing regime change in Brus­sels. On 12 Decem­ber 2025, The Times report­ed that Vik­tor Orbán’s chief strate­gist declared “Europe is going down” and cel­e­brat­ed Trump’s Nation­al Secu­ri­ty Strat­e­gy as “the most impor­tant and most inter­est­ing doc­u­ment” […]

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Trial Exposes China's United Front Operations in New York - Global Influence Operations Report

Lin­da Sun’s tri­al expos­es the Chi­nese Unit­ed Front Work Depart­men­t’s influ­ence oper­a­tions tar­get­ing the New York state gov­ern­ment. On 5 Decem­ber 2025, The Wash­ing­ton Times report­ed that a for­mer aide to gov­er­nors Cuo­mo and Hochul faces over 30 fed­er­al charges, includ­ing oper­at­ing as an ille­gal Chi­nese agent, with evi­dence show­ing the defen­dant bragged Hochul was […]

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US Democratic Decline During Trump 2nd Term - Global Influence Operations Report

For­eign Affairs has pub­lished a major analy­sis of the US demo­c­ra­t­ic decline dur­ing Trump’s sec­ond term. On 11 Decem­ber 2025, For­eign Affairs report­ed that the Trump admin­is­tra­tion weaponized the Jus­tice Depart­ment and the FBI, launch­ing inves­ti­ga­tions into dozens of polit­i­cal oppo­nents while trans­form­ing the US into a com­pet­i­tive author­i­tar­i­an sys­tem. The arti­cle begins: When Don­ald […]

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Romania Presidential Election Annulled Over Russian Interference - Global Influence Operations Report

Roma­ni­a’s Con­sti­tu­tion­al Court annulled the first round of the pres­i­den­tial elec­tion due to exten­sive Russ­ian inter­fer­ence. On 9 Decem­ber 2025, the Insti­tute of Inter­na­tion­al and Euro­pean Affairs report­ed that Roma­ni­a’s court annulled the Novem­ber 2024 results after inves­ti­ga­tions uncov­ered over 85,000 cyber­at­tacks against Roman­ian elec­toral infra­struc­ture and mas­sive Tik­Tok manip­u­la­tion. The arti­cle begins: Roma­ni­a’s most […]

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Russian Propaganda Operations in Latin America

Russ­ian pro­pa­gan­da oper­a­tions are expand­ing in Latin Amer­i­ca through RT work­shops and covert cam­paigns. On 10 Decem­ber 2025, The Ful­crum report­ed that the RT Com­paRTe ini­tia­tive held train­ing events in at least eight Latin Amer­i­can coun­tries, train­ing over 1,000 jour­nal­ists, while the US Depart­ment of Jus­tice seized domains linked to the Dop­pel­gänger oper­a­tion. The arti­cle […]

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Florida DeSantis Designates CAIR/Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorist Organizations - Global Influence Operations Report

Flori­da Gov­er­nor Ron DeSan­tis has des­ig­nat­ed CAIR and the Mus­lim Broth­er­hood as for­eign ter­ror­ist orga­ni­za­tions. On 9 Decem­ber 2025, The Hill report­ed that DeSan­tis issued an exec­u­tive order titled Pro­tect­ing Florid­i­ans from Rad­i­cal Islam­ic Ter­ror­ist Orga­ni­za­tions fol­low­ing Tex­as­’s sim­i­lar step last month. The arti­cle begins: Flori­da Gov. Ron DeSan­tis ® on Mon­day des­ig­nat­ed the Coun­cil […]

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UK Sanctions Russian World Ideologist Aleksandr Dugin - Global Influence Operations Report

The Unit­ed King­dom has sanc­tioned Alek­san­dr Dug­in, ide­ol­o­gist of the Russ­ian world con­cept. On 9 Decem­ber 2025, RBC Ukraine report­ed that the UK imposed sanc­tions on sev­en Russ­ian indi­vid­u­als and enti­ties, includ­ing Dug­in and the Cen­ter for Geopo­lit­i­cal Exper­tise, which he found­ed. The arti­cle begins: On Tues­day, Decem­ber 9, the Unit­ed King­dom imposed sanc­tions on […]

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Axing CNN Hosts Discussed with White House in Warner Bros Takeover Bid - Global Influence Operations Report

Lar­ry Elli­son dis­cussed CNN pro­gram­ming changes with White House offi­cials dur­ing the Warn­er Bros Dis­cov­ery takeover bid. On 20 Novem­ber 2025, The Guardian report­ed that Elli­son, the largest share­hold­er of Para­mount, engaged in dia­logue about pos­si­bly axing CNN hosts includ­ing Erin Bur­nett and Bri­an­na Keilar, whom Trump loathes. The arti­cle begins: Senior White House offi­cials […]

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Trump Strategy Document Supports European Far-Right Parties - Global Influence Operations Report

The Trump admin­is­tra­tion has released the Nation­al Secu­ri­ty Strat­e­gy, explic­it­ly sup­port­ing far-right nation­al­ist par­ties in Europe. On 5 Decem­ber 2025, The Guardian report­ed that a doc­u­ment signed by Trump states Europe faces civil­i­sa­tion­al era­sure with­in two decades, call­ing for the US to cul­ti­vate resis­tance with­in Euro­pean nations. The arti­cle begins: Don­ald Trump’s admin­is­tra­tion has said […]

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GIOR REPORT:The Gaza Information Trap: How Hamas Coercion Shapes What the West Knows. - Global Influence Operations Report

The Glob­al Influ­ence Oper­a­tions Report (GIOR) has pub­lished a new report titled “The Gaza Infor­ma­tion Trap: How Hamas Coer­cion Shapes What the West Knows.” Accord­ing to the report synopsis: Between 2018 and 2022, Hamas built a coer­cive sys­tem that fil­tered human­i­tar­i­an data at its source, intim­i­dat­ed jour­nal­ists and civ­il soci­ety, and con­strained UN staff, cre­at­ing […]

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Czech Populist Babiš Returns to Power with Far-Right Coalition - Global Influence Operations Report

Andrej Babiš’s ANO move­ment has returned to pow­er in the Czech elec­tions, form­ing a coali­tion with right-wing par­ties. On 4 Decem­ber 2025, the For­eign Pol­i­cy Research Insti­tute report­ed that ANO received 34.5 per­cent in the Octo­ber 2025 par­lia­men­tary elec­tions, form­ing a gov­ern­ment with the SPD, Free­dom and Direct Democ­ra­cy, and the Motorists par­ty. The arti­cle […]

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Farage Reform UK Targets "Reverse Takeover" Conservative Party - Global Influence Operations Report

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is pur­su­ing a reverse takeover strat­e­gy of the Con­ser­v­a­tive Par­ty. On 3 Decem­ber 2025, The Guardian report­ed that Farage stat­ed there would be no deals, just a reverse takeover, with a deal cost­ing votes, as Reform has accept­ed more than 21 cur­rent and for­mer Tory MPs. The arti­cle begins: Nigel Farage […]

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On AI Images - Global Influence Operations Report

We’ve received a few ques­tions about why we use AI-gen­er­at­ed images, so we want to clar­i­fy our approach. Licens­ing pho­tographs from major agen­cies is far beyond our bud­get, and using copy­right­ed images with­out per­mis­sion would be ille­gal. Our AI-gen­er­at­ed images are always clear­ly dis­closed and exist sole­ly to illus­trate the themes of each post—they nev­er […]

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Orban-Linked Conference Targets EU Corruption Scandals - Global Influence Operations Report

The Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) is central to National Conservative activity in Hungary, fostering discussions on corruption scandals linked to Orban.

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State Supreme Court Justice Joins ISNA Annual Convention - Global Influence Operations Report

The 2025 ISNA Annu­al Con­ven­tion attract­ed thou­sands of par­tic­i­pants to the Don­ald E. Stephens Con­ven­tion Cen­ter in Rose­mont, Illi­nois. On 29 August 2025, Patch report­ed that the 62nd Islam­ic Soci­ety of North Amer­i­ca con­ven­tion had been inau­gu­rat­ed by around 50 elect­ed offi­cials and com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers, fol­lowed by Fri­day prayer. The annu­al con­fer­ence is con­sid­ered by […]

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AMP Condemns Texas Governor's CAIR Designation - Global Influence Operations Report

The  Amer­i­can Mus­lims for Pales­tine (AMP) has pub­lished a state­ment con­demn­ing Texas Gov­er­nor Abbot­t’s recent des­ig­na­tion of the Coun­cil on Amer­i­can-Islam­ic Rela­tions (CAIR), describ­ing the move as “reck­less” and an “egre­gious abuse of pow­er.” The state­ment begins: Amer­i­can Mus­lims for Pales­tine (AMP) unequiv­o­cal­ly con­demns the reck­less and base­less deci­sion by Texas Gov­er­nor Greg Abbott to des­ig­nate […]

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American Muslims for Palestine Director Says Holocaust Museums are "False Propaganda" - Global Influence Operations Report

In a recent inter­view, Osama Abu Irshaid, nation­al direc­tor of Amer­i­can Mus­lims for Pales­tine (AMP), called Holo­caust muse­ums “false pro­pa­gan­da.” On 24 Novem­ber 2025, The Jerusalem Post report­ed that Abu Irshaid alleged they were used to black­mail the world. He fur­ther stat­ed that Jews had a “monop­oly on the vic­tim men­tal­i­ty” and called for a […]

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Turkey Uses Diyanet Religious Institution for Influence Operations - Global Influence Operations Report

Turkey is using the Diyanet reli­gious insti­tu­tion for influ­ence oper­a­tions with dra­mat­i­cal­ly increased fund­ing. On 2 Decem­ber 2025, Eurasian Times report­ed that the Turk­ish Direc­torate of Reli­gious Affairs now offi­cial­ly plays an active role in pur­su­ing the coun­try’s for­eign pol­i­cy, with the bud­get increas­ing from $1.3 bil­lion to $3.18 bil­lion in 2023. The arti­cle begins: […]

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Documents Reveal Turkey's Secret Intelligence Unit Operating from Dutch Embassy - Global Influence Operations Report

Turkey has estab­lished a secret intel­li­gence unit inside its embassy in The Hague to gath­er infor­ma­tion on dis­si­dents across Europe. On 27 Novem­ber 2025, Nordic Mon­i­tor report­ed that clas­si­fied doc­u­ments revealed that the embassy cell oper­ates under Ambas­sador Fat­ma Ceren Yaz­gan, a long-time MIT oper­a­tive, and that intel­li­gence is trans­mit­ted to Turk­ish domes­tic secu­ri­ty agen­cies. […]

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China Shifts to Overt Disinformation Operations Against Japan - Global Influence Operations Report

Chi­na is shift­ing to overt dis­in­for­ma­tion oper­a­tions against Japan using state-linked chan­nels. On 28 Novem­ber 2025, ASPI and Japan Nexus Intel­li­gence report­ed that Chi­nese state media and diplo­mat­ic social media accounts inten­si­fied efforts to erode Japan’s stand­ing as an Indo-Pacif­ic defence part­ner. The arti­cle begins: Chi­nese state media and diplo­mat­ic social media accounts inten­si­fied efforts […]

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Pro-Kremlin Bloc Doubles in European Parliament - Global Influence Operations Report

A pro-Krem­lin bloc in the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment has near­ly dou­bled in size. On 26 Novem­ber 2025, Novaya Gaze­ta Europe report­ed that around 84 deputies now rou­tine­ly vote against Rus­sia-crit­i­cal res­o­lu­tions, with a fur­ther 62 abstain­ing, com­pared to 40 oppos­ing in the pre­vi­ous par­lia­ment. The arti­cle begins: The new Euro­pean Par­lia­ment, elect­ed in June 2024, has […]

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CLAIM Allianz Regroups After German Government Says Several Members under Surveillance - Global Influence Operations Report

Ger­man anti-Islam­o­pho­bia NGO Claim Allianz, which has faced polit­i­cal and media scruti­ny over its mem­bers’ Islamist ties, has trans­formed its legal sta­tus into a non-prof­it com­pa­ny with lim­it­ed lia­bil­i­ty. On 19 Novem­ber 2025, CLAIM offi­cial­ly announced the dis­so­lu­tion of the CLAIM Alliance and the con­tin­u­a­tion of its mis­sion through the devel­op­ment of CLAIM gGmbH, empha­siz­ing […]

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Trump Orders Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Review - Global Influence Operations Report

US Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump has signed an exec­u­tive order direct­ing a ter­ror­ist des­ig­na­tion review for spe­cif­ic Mus­lim Broth­er­hood chap­ters. On 25 Novem­ber 2025, Fox News report­ed that the order signed on 24 Novem­ber launch­es the first for­mal review of Broth­er­hood branch­es in Egypt, Jor­dan, and Lebanon under US des­ig­na­tion laws. The arti­cle begins: Pres­i­dent Don­ald […]

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Implications of the Presidential Directive to Review “Muslim Brotherhood Chapters” for Possible FTO Designation - Global Influence Operations Report

Executive Summary The pres­i­den­tial direc­tive to review “Mus­lim Broth­er­hood chap­ters in the Mid­dle East” cre­ates imme­di­ate ambi­gu­i­ty, as the procla­ma­tion describes the Broth­er­hood as a transna­tion­al move­ment with var­ied struc­tures. Mid­dle East­ern chap­ters are for­mal orga­ni­za­tions, while West­ern Mus­lim Broth­er­hood-linked networks—the Glob­al Mus­lim Brotherhood—are legal­ly sep­a­rate but con­nect­ed through ide­ol­o­gy and per­son­al ties. U. S. […]

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