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Oct 31, 2024 | 
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org | Bret Schafer |Krystyna Sikora |Etienne Soula |Vassilis Ntousas
Americans vote in this year’s consequential presidential election in an environment marked by growing threats, including the weaponization of artificial intelligence (AI), influence campaigns run by foreign authoritarian adversaries, and false election narratives that threaten to undermine faith in the US election system.
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Jul 31, 2024 | 
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org | Etienne Soula
In recent months, taking advantage of pliable politicians and a vulnerable information space, Russia has escalated its hostile actions in Europe in both frequency and intensity. In fact, Russia’s destabilizing actions have become so brazen that simply calling them “foreign interference” does not adequately describe them.
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May 8, 2024 | 
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org | Etienne Soula |Vassilis Ntousas
Often criticized for their lack of mettle in combatting foreign interference, European institutions have shown signs of increased combativeness in recent weeks. A whole bevy of cash-for-influence, election interference, and espionage cases have been prominently thrust in the public eye at EU and member state levels. However, with just a few weeks to go until the European Parliament election, real consequences must follow for this spike in attention and focus to be meaningful in the long-term.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org | Etienne Soula |David Salvo
While the news cycle is still abuzz with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s interview of Russian President Vladimir Putin, flying under the radar are new details about Russian intelligence’s role in cultivating ties with political parties in Europe.
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org | Etienne Soula |Mareike Ohlberg
The recent Taiwanese elections provide important insights into the tools and tactics the People’s Republic of China (PRC) might use when election results matter to its leadership. Similarly, Taiwanese authorities’ vigilance and responsiveness to Beijing’s activities can provide other democracies with best practices for insulating themselves against foreign authoritarian interference.
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Jan 11, 2024 | 
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org | Bret Schafer |Vassilis Ntousas |Etienne Soula |Rachael Wilson
This year’s US presidential primaries will determine who will lead the country come January 2025 amid growing autocratic threats to American democracy. Experts from the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund are monitoring and analyzing these threats which are arising from emerging technology to artificial intelligence, and impacting election officials, infrastructure, and more.
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Jan 11, 2024 | securingdemocracy.gmfus.org | Bret Schafer |Vassilis Ntousas |Etienne Soula |Rachael Wilson
This year’s US presidential primaries will determine who will lead the country come January 2025 amid growing autocratic threats to American democracy. Experts from the Alliance for Securing Democracy at the German Marshall Fund are monitoring and analyzing these threats which are arising from emerging technology to artificial intelligence, and impacting election officials, infrastructure, and more.
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Nov 7, 2023 | 
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org | Bret Schafer |Etienne Soula |Joseph Bodnar |Nathan Kohlenberg
The intensification of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks has forced liberal democracies to carefully craft a message that balances their support for Israel with growing domestic criticism over civilian casualties and concerns about unrest at home—including but not limited to the potential risk of terrorism.
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Sep 20, 2023 | 
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org | Vassilis Ntousas |Etienne Soula
In her last State of the European Union (SOTEU) speech for this Commission mandate, Ursula von der Leyen expectedly stayed mum on whether she intends to stand again. But it is difficult to take her address as anything but a carefully calibrated effort to lay the groundwork for a re-election bid. Compared to last year’s speech, this meant that her speech was perhaps less aspirational, but distinctly more political.
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Apr 6, 2023 | 
securingdemocracy.gmfus.org | Lindsay Gorman |Etienne Soula
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew appeared on Capitol Hill on Thursday 23 March to testify in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where lawmakers peppered him with questions about TikTok’s Chinese ownership, effects on youth, and practices around data collection.
