All posts tagged "Democracy"

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  Defeating disinformation: how to create a healthier national conversation

  Bad actors are poisoning the information well from which populations drink in the democratic world. In the final part of our investigation into overseas interference in elections, Matt Ross asks

  • Posted February 11, 2024
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  Knowing and showing: how intelligence and transparency can combat electoral interference

  For a decade, hostile powers overseas have been interfering in elections and stoking public anger in Europe and North America – and the domestic beneficiaries of these operations often stymie

  • Posted February 4, 2024
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  A subtle opponent: China’s influence operations

  China’s attempts to influence electorates in the democratic world are far more targeted and less destructive than the tactics deployed by Russia – but that doesn’t make them any less

  • Posted January 28, 2024
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  Russia’s elections toolkit: dollars, disruption and disinformation

  Hack and leak, astroturfing, perception hacking, reputation laundering: Russia has devised an armoury of new techniques to weaken and distract its opponents. In this second part of our investigation into

  • Posted January 21, 2024
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  How civil servants can safeguard a democratic ecosystem in the age of misinformation, AI and Big Tech

  The success of democracies is intimately tied to our information ecosystem. While the digital age has brought greater connectivity, it has also created a plethora of online harms and challenges.

  • Posted January 17, 2024
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  Organised chaos: how Russia weaponised the culture wars

  Social divisions, conspiracy theories and populist politics are rife in the democratic world. And these are not just home-grown problems: Russia and other hostile states have deliberately stoked internal dissent,

  • Posted January 14, 2024
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  Global triggers: why these five big issues could cause significant problems in 2024

  The tensions between the US and China made the global economy shudder in 2023. The ramifications of the Ukrainian war echoed beyond the country’s border. In Africa, the coup d’état

  • Posted January 8, 2024
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  Indian government to establish fact-checking network; Australia’s Robodebt inquiry delayed: policy & delivery news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Indian government working to establish network of ‘trusted fact checkers’ India’s Ministry of Electronics

  • Posted February 23, 2023
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  Government reform on the cards in Australia after revelations that ex-PM gave himself additional powers in secret

  It has been revealed that former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison secretly appointed himself head of five ministries during his time in office, in what his successor called an “unprecedented

  • Posted August 17, 2022
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  Canadian public servants report feeling unable to give ‘fearless advice’ to leaders

  Politicised decision-making is denting Canadian public servants’ confidence about giving frank and neutral advice to leaders, while declining trust in government is affecting its ability to overcome important challenges, a

  • Posted May 17, 2022
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