by Ian Mcgrail | Dec 9, 2019 | Salem State University
During the last five years, Russian-organized spreads of disinformation over various social media platforms have undermined democracy in the United States. The crusade Russian platforms have waged...
by Ian Mcgrail | Oct 23, 2019 | Salem State University
The departure of US forces from Syria serves as a capitulation to authoritarian forces and as a death knell to any hope of democratic peace brokering. President Trump’s decision to withdraw US troops from Syria represents a betrayal of American alliances and...
by Shiva Kangeyan | Jun 1, 2019 | University of Chicago
The general consensus is that Russia is at present an illiberal democracy. What is also at present occurring is a wave of right-wing populism and democratic erosion in Western Europe in the US. I believe there is an aim by Russia to act in such a manner that...
by Rani Gold | May 3, 2019 | Georgetown University
In the past, the word “authoritarian” brought to mind images of violent repression, censorship, and intensive surveillance, an image that. Today, however, autocrats have a new set of tools that allow them to be subtler in their methods of control, both at home and...
by Justin Saint-Loubert-Bie | May 3, 2019 | University of Chicago
On April 30th, the Sri Lankan government lifted a ban on social media it had put in place following the Easter attacks that had killed 253 people. Officials had initiated the ban in fear that social media platforms would be used to spread misinformation inciting...
