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The Global Influence Operation Report
The Global Influence Operation Report (GIOR) was established to track and document the activities of influence operations worldwide. Each day, a broad range of news and other sources is reviewed to identify the most significant developments. These findings are shared as posts that reference the original sources and highlight key insights. Occasionally, the GIOR also publishes its own analyses. The report does not advocate for any political or religious perspective but aims solely to provide accurate and reliable information on the threats posed to Western democracies by the expanding networks of global influence operations.
The Senior Editor
GIOR Senior Editor Steven Merley is an investigative researcher who since 1992 has specialized in the investigation of political extremism, beginning with the investigation of hate crimes and right-wing extremist groups in the United States. His work as an Investigative Researcher with the Wall Street Journal was used in a series of five articles on the European Muslim Brotherhood which appeared in the Journal during 2004. Clients for his work have included NGOs, US think-tanks, and documentary filmmakers and he has authored numerous investigative reports. Mr. Merley has given presentations at Harvard and at McGill University in Canada and spoken at events sponsored by the US State Department and privately for Congressional staffers and US government counter-terrorism specialists. He has also spoken multiple times at the European Parliament and the UK Parliament and his June 2013 seminar at the British Parliament was the subject of a UK magazine article written by the renowned British journalist John Ware. Mr. Merley has recently expanded his work to include the entire gamut of global influence operations.