Sharp Power

While by no means a new phenomenon, strategic efforts mostly by authoritarian regimes to weaken their adversaries by means of media manipulation or stealth propaganda have, in our age of digital mass communication, reached new levels of effectiveness and sophistication. These summaries present the latest research and offer policy recommendations.
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The Weaponization of Social Media

P. W. Singer et al.

Houghton Mifflin, 2018

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Putin Sees and Hears it All
Article
How Russia’s Intelligence Agencies Menace the UK

Andrew Foxall

Henry Jackson Society, 2018

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Sharp Power
Report
Rising Authoritarian Influence

Christopher Walker et al.

NED, 2017

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Infocalypse Now
Article
He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis. Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse.

Charlie Warzel

Buzzfeed, 2018

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How to Spot a Deepfake like the Barack Obama–Jordan Peele Video
Article

Craig Silverman

Buzzfeed, 2018

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Truth Decay
Report
An Initial Exploration of the Diminishing Role of Facts and Analysis in American Public Life

Michael D. Rich

Rand Corporation, 2018

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Should We Fear Russia?
Book

Dmitri Trenin

Polity Press, 2016

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Dismiss, Distort, Distract, and Dismay
Article
Continuity and Change in Russian Disinformation

Jon White

IES, 2016

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RT, Sputnik and Russia’s New Theory of War
Article
How the Kremlin built one of the most powerful information weapons of the 21st century — and why it may be impossible to stop.

Jim Rutenberg

New York Times Magazine, 2017

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Imperial Gamble
Book
Putin, Ukraine, and the New Cold War

Marvin Kalb

Brookings Institution Press, 2015

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