Russia’s hybrid activities on the Azov coast of Ukraine: preparation for a...
The Sea of Azov is considered international waters and Ukraine has the right of free passage by Articles 2, 3 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Russia, however, is de facto “occupying” these...
View ArticleIs Professionalism Dead?
Last evening I had a long talk with a good friend who happens to be an attorney. I had two concerns that I wanted to cover. The first concerned “fair use” of articles in my blog. The second was what I...
View ArticleSalisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (103)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting </end editorial> While the media are largely mesmerized by Helsinki (some reports of interest below), there have been important developments...
View ArticleAnniversary of the MH17, Ukraine at the NATO Summit, Presidential...
Weekly Update on Ukraine Issue 65 – 2018 July 9 – 15 Situation in the combat zone Russia-backed militants were active all along the contact line and were firing upon the Ukrainian troops defending...
View ArticleFirst Batch Of Possible Russia Fake News Sighted
In 2015 and before, a whole slew of “news” sites popped up. I identified them one year before the election at Russian News, Russian Proxy News Sites And Conspiracy Theory Sites. Now, only four months...
View ArticleHelsinki Summit Media
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Media are saturated with this excluding most other topics of interest. Melinda Haring | Helsinki Was Bad, but It Could Have...
View ArticleNSA and Cyber Command to coordinate actions to counter Russian election...
There is a saying in the US Army, “In the absence of orders, attack”. Translated to today’s ‘command’ environment, “if nobody is in charge, take charge”. If Russian election interference is going to...
View ArticleSalisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (104)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting </end editorial> Russia’s alternate reality campaign continues, more brazen after Helsinki. Much Russian gloating over the latter. Butina...
View ArticleHelsinki Summit Media (2)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> This topic remains the single largest in the global and especially US media. It does not appear to be abating. The Russians...
View ArticleRobert Mueller Is Fighting a War
The author, Mark Galeotti, is an expert in Russian Information Warfare and Senior Non-Resident Fellow at the Institute of International Relations, Prague. He gives flesh to the idea that the...
View ArticleConspiracy Theorists That Work With Russia – Useful Idiots
Russia and Russians love sensational news, a lot of it is considered conspiracy theories. Come up with a wack-a-doodle storyline, build a framework of questionable “facts” around it, and flesh it out...
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Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> This topic remains extremely active in the media. McConnell Warns Russia Against Meddling, Floats New Sanctions – Bloomberg...
View ArticleRussia Continues To Sow Discord In U.S., FBI Director Says
This appears to be the second administration official deviating from President Trump’s statement from Monday. President Trump is backtracking that statement but it is not being well received. I cannot...
View ArticleJohn Brown’s Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review
Flip-Flops and Foreign Policy: How American Tourist Behavior Hinders U.S. National Security The Trump-Putin Summit Made a Mockery of Public Diplomacy 3 charts explain how Russians see Trump and US...
View ArticleChina Built an Army of Influence Agents in the U.S.
By Elizabeth Brockway, www.thedailybeast.com July 18th, 2018 In May, a classified Australian government report revealed that the Chinese Communist Party had spent the last decade attempting to...
View ArticleA draft code of practice on online disinformation
This should serve as a model for other efforts to counter disinformation for the “online platforms, leading social networks, advertisers and the advertising industry” in locations outside Europe. I...
View ArticleInvestigative Report: On The Trail Of The 12 Indicted Russian Intelligence...
An exceptional open-source investigation of the 12 Russian indicted by the US one week ago. </end editorial> July 19, 2018 16:08 GMT RFE/RL’s Russian Service A U.S. grand jury charged 12 Russian...
View ArticleEver heard of ‘deep fake’ technology? The phony audio and video tech could be...
By: Kyle Rempfer On June 7, during a training exercise in the Baltics, four U.S. Army Stryker vehicles driving along a road between Kaunas and Prienai, Lithuania, collided when the lead vehicle...
View ArticleHelsinki Summit Media (4)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. I notice a distinct and disturbing trend in much of the mainstream media in the US to actively denigrate and demean President Trump, without an...
View ArticleSalisbury CW Attack / Syria / Iran / Russia Ad Hoc Update (106)
Anonymous expert compilation, analysis, and reporting. </end editorial> Updates on multiple threads. In the UK more is emerging slowly on the covert op and players involved, now being credited to...
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