All posts tagged "Russia"
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A problem shared: how governments are tackling cyber threats
At GovernmentDX in Washington DC, top digital leaders from the US and beyond discussed how governments are protecting public services and infrastructure from the growing danger of cyber threats In
- Posted December 12, 2024
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Five ways for governments to better tackle foreign disinformation
By: Nicole Jackson, associate professor of International Studies at Simon Fraser University Responding to foreign disinformation poses many challenges. Recent revelations about foreign interference in Canada illustrate some of them.
- Posted July 31, 2024
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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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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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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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Canadian government bans WeChat and Kaspersky on officials’ devices; US agencies shown paths to resilience in cross-sector report: news in brief
Global Government Forum’s digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Canadian government bans WeChat and Kaspersky on officials’ devices The federal government of Canada has
- Posted November 9, 2023
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The fight against climate change requires greater transparency
The global effort to combat climate change demands increased transparency and oversight, given the complex interplay of various stakeholders, rapidly evolving regulations, and substantial financial flows. And these, writes Steven-Hristo
- Posted October 29, 2023
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The fight for the skies: how governments are battling in the era of astropolitics
In his 2015 book Prisoners of Geography, Tim Marshall detailed the historical and geographical factors that explain Putin’s 2022 attack on Ukraine. Now, he warns, the global race for resources
- Posted September 26, 2023
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Nato: Vilnius summit will reflect fresh sense of purpose over Ukraine war – but hard questions remain over membership issues
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has given NATO fresh sense of purpose and momentum. But the summit this week at Vilnius need to address a number of key issues The US
- Posted July 9, 2023