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The Vanishing Act
Anna ?dre explores how a Facebook post about an alleged plan to demolish a WWII memorial birthed a disinfo campaign to foment tension in Latvia.

Russian Influence in Romania
CEPA Fellow-in-Residence Corina Rebegea examines the Kremlin’s influence toolbox utilized in Romania.

Moscow’s Anti-NATO Deception
Moscow’s disinformation seeks to popularize false images of the West in the West.

Propaganda attack from the sea?
In 2019, the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Agency’s annual report identified Russian sailing ships as tools in the Kremlin’s on-going propaganda campaigns. The annual Tallinn Maritime Days is one of the targets for this propaganda.

The Georgian conflict: was Tbilisi an exception?
Propastop examines the recent protests in Georgia over Russia’s continuing interference, and how it could affect other countries in Europe.

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CEPA #DisinfoNet is an initiative of the CEPA StratCom Program. It represents a coalition of think tanks and organizations from across Central-East Europe and the United States working to better understand and combat the Kremlin’s hostile disinformation and propaganda activities.

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Russia and China through eyes of NATO and EU intelligence agencies


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Disinformation in the Online Sphere: The Case of BIH


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Western Balkans at the Crossroads: Assessing Influences of Non-Western External Actors


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Irregularity Analysis on Moldova Parliamentary Elections PART III


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How can we silence trolls?


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The Chinese Propaganda Machine: The Awakening Giant Turns to the West


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Election Interference in the Digital Age – Building Resilience to Cyber-Enabled Threats in the EU


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#EUelections2019: The EU Must Take Disinformation Seriously


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Robot videos spread anti-Estonian propaganda in Youtube


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Can you recognize the bias?


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The war of winning hearts and minds in Venezuela


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News word – Baltophobia


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Eastern Focus – Elections and Malign Interference


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Why Is Russia Meddling In Moldova’s 2019 Elections?


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Influence of Russian Disinformation Operations – Specific examples in data and numbers


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External Propaganda in the Republic of Moldova


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Anti-western propaganda in Romania 2018


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Unprepared and vulnerable: The resilience of the Slovak republic to foreign, foremost Kremlin-led disinformation campaigns


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Kremlin Countermeasures 2018


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Disinformation Resilience in Central and Eastern Europe


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Czech Election in an Era of Disinformation – Czech Presidential Election 2018


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Czech Election in an Era of Disinformation – Czech Senate Election 2018


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Propaganda Made to Measure: How Our Vulnerabilities Facilitate Russian Influence


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CEPA StratCom Analysis

Battleground Wikipedia


August 23, 2020

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By Val

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Katvian Singer Targeted Over Crimea Boycott


August 23, 2020

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Kremlin Targets Lithuania’s Energy Policy


August 23, 2020

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Latvia Showcases Digital Resilience


August 23, 2020

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The Kremlin’s Web


August 23, 2020

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Under Moscow’s Shadow


August 23, 2020

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Russia’s Influence Arsenal


May 28, 2020

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By Edward Lucas

By Edward Lucas

Watch Out, This Is What China Is Learning From Russia Last week’s column looked at six political warfare tactics common to Russia and China, and three that are used (so far) only by the regime in Beijing. That leaves eleven Kremlin-only ones. For convenience, they are in (English) alphabetical order. First is the exploitation of economic, ethnic, linguistic, […]

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Moscow’s Anti-NATO Deception


July 23, 2019

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By Janusz Bugajski

By Janusz Bugajski

Why Does Moscow View NATO as a Threat? Since the formation of NATO seventy years ago to defend Europe from a potential Soviet invasion, propagandists in Moscow have berated the Alliance as an aggressor. In the post-Soviet era, President Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin has continued this tradition of deception and added several new themes for Western […]

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The Vanishing Act


July 10, 2019

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By Val

By Anna ?dre

Latvia voted to demolish a WWII memorial. Or did they?

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A full archive of the former CEPA StratCom portal can be accessed here.