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Does ‘countering Russian mischief’ mean being anti-Russian?
This is part of the Kremlin always saying they are the victim, that the West acts provocatively, and the West is encroaching on Russia. It’s all semantics. Almost everything Russia does is bluff and...
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Russia / Strategy Media Update – 28 July 2017
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> COCW Award to Russia today for the wide range of comments, invective and threats on the Senate almost unanimously passing...
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TAINTED LEAKS
Disinformation and Phishing With a Russian Nexus By Adam Hulcoop, John Scott-Railton, Peter Tanchak, Matt Brooks, and Ron Deibert May 25, 2017 “Every external operation is first and foremost a domestic...
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The US-Led Coalition Is Steadily Decimating ISIS’s Propaganda Operation
OIR is Operation Inherent Resolve, US led operations in Syria and Iraq. </end editorial> By DANNY LEFFLER on July 28, 2017 U.S.-executed decapitation strikes are eliminating key ISIS propaganda...
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Businessman Paints Terrifying And Complex Picture Of Putin’s Russia
To more fully understand Putin and one of his motivations, one needs to understand the Magnitsky Act. More importantly, one needs to understand why Putin so desperately seeks to overturn that US law....
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World’s Greatest Source Of Fake News Proposes Russia And China Team To Fight...
StopFake: “Sputnik & RT’s Editor in Chief proposed that Russian and Chinese media should work together to tackle “fake news”. Once I stop laughing I might finish this editorial… </end...
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Russia Lacks Discipline, But Meddling In Other Countries Has Always Happened
What Russia did during the US election of 2016 is actually normal behavior for countries, but Russia was sloppy, undisciplined, and way over the top. All countries have meddled in other government’s...
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The mechanics of influence
Social neuroscientist Emily Falk uses individual brain responses to predict whether health messaging lands successfully or not Interview by Meeri Kim July 28, 2017 Meeri Kim: As director of the...
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Iran says US Navy fired warning flares at its vessels
A US warship fired flares at Iranian attack vessels in the Persian Gulf. Oooh, the symbolic gesture scared somebody. *snicker* Maybe some 30 mm next time? </end editorial> By Shirzad Bozorgmehr...
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Putin pardons two women given prison terms for text messages
JULY 29, 2017 / 11:59 AM MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday pardoned two women who were sentenced to prison terms for sending text messages to Georgian acquaintances about...
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Wag the bear
I disagree with the author on one contention, I do not believe Russia is yet considered an enemy of the United States, not by anyone in the US. Russia is an adversary, an overly aggressive global...
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Russia’s Villages, and Their Way of Life, Are ‘Melting Away’
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR JULY 29, 2017 BARUTA, Russia — With its winding dirt lanes framed by lilacs, quaint wooden houses and graceful onion-domed church, the tiny farming hamlet of Baruta was once a...
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Is It Beginning in Belarus? ‘Little Green Men’ Appear Alongside Russian...
Sunday, July 30, 2017 Paul Goble Staunton, July 30 – A Belarusian has posted on Facebook a six-minute clip showing Russian soldiers in unmarked uniforms in Vitebsk, a city not far from the Russian...
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HISTINT: Unearthing declassified Soviet military journals in CIA archives
July 28, 2017 By Veli-Pekka Kivimäki In January of 2017, CIA made the entirety of their declassified records collection available online. Previously, only select documents were available through the...
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New Paper on the Operational Environment 2017-2050
Published on July 26, 2017 Thomas A. Kruegler DCS G2 Intelligence Staff Officer The U.S. military, and therefore, the U.S. Army, finds itself at a historical inflection point, where disparate, yet...
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Hackers break into voting machines in 90 minutes at competition
BY JOHN BOWDEN – 07/29/17 06:21 PM EDT Hackers at at a competition in Las Vegas were able to successfully breach the software of U.S. voting machines in just 90 minutes on Friday, illuminating glaring...
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The future of fake news: don’t believe everything you read, see or hear
Olivia Solon in San Francisco @oliviasolon Wednesday 26 July 2017 01.00 EDT A new breed of video and audio manipulation tools allow for the creation of realistic looking news footage, like the now...
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Will China’s Disinformation War Destabilize Taiwan?
There is evidence to suggest that China is increasingly dependent on computational propaganda in its efforts to destabilize Taiwan. J. Michael Cole July 30, 2017 While analysts continue to pay close...
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New Kremlin Watch Policy Paper: What to do about Facebook & Google
Good morning, Our Kremlin Watch Program has just published a new report which reviews the state of play of policy debate on online platforms like Facebook or Google. Here are our recommendations:...
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The Morning Vertical — July 31, 2017
THE MORNING VERTICAL by Brian Whitmore 31.07.2017 On My Mind: So there’s apparently not going to be any reset. Vladimir Putin’s regime appeared to believe that by interfering in the U.S. election...
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