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Project 2025 Authoritarian Playbook Revealed

October 27 2025, 8:28 am 8:28 am Published by Editor Leave your thoughts <p>The Project 2025 author­i­tar­i­an blue­print rep­re­sents a com­pre­hen­sive far-right roadmap to reshape Amer­i­can democ­ra­cy into a Chris­t­ian nation­al­ist state under […]</p>

Voice of America Shutdown Benefits Russia, China: GOP Warns

8:03 am Published by Editor Leave your thoughts <p>The Voice of Amer­i­ca shut­down ben­e­fits Rus­sia Chi­na by cre­at­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties for their pro­pa­gan­da net­works to fill the void left […]</p>

33-Year-Old Meloni Ally Forges International Far Right Networks

October 24 2025, 7:40 am 7:40 am Published by Editor Leave your thoughts <p>Francesco Giu­bilei, a 33-year-old pub­lish­er and close ally of Ital­ian Prime Min­is­ter Gior­gia Mel­oni, is forg­ing ties between reac­tionary intel­lec­tu­als […]</p>

China Maintains Influence Operations in Italy Despite Belt and Road Exit

October 23 2025, 12:40 pm 12:40 pm Published by Editor Leave your thoughts <p>Chi­na con­tin­ues exert­ing influ­ence in Italy through aca­d­e­m­ic part­ner­ships at 12 uni­ver­si­ties with Con­fu­cius Insti­tutes, online hybrid oper­a­tions lever­ag­ing social […]</p>

Russia Uses “LLM Grooming’ to Inject Disinformation Into AI Chatbots

9:03 am Published by Editor Leave your thoughts <p>Rus­sia has shift­ed its dis­in­for­ma­tion strat­e­gy to flood­ing the inter­net with mil­lions of mis­lead­ing arti­cles designed to be scraped by […]</p>

Russian Disinformation Operations in Africa: Kremlin Bot Farms Exposed

8:48 am Published by Editor Leave your thoughts <p>Russ­ian dis­in­for­ma­tion oper­a­tions in Africa deploy thou­sands of agents, prox­ies, Krem­lin-con­trolled media out­lets, co-opt­ed jour­nal­ists, and paid influ­encers to weave […]</p>

Can Democracy Recover From Trump? New Research Reveals Answer

October 22 2025, 9:38 am 9:38 am Published by Editor Leave your thoughts <p>New polit­i­cal sci­ence research sug­gests democ­ra­cies can sur­vive author­i­tar­i­an lead­ers like Don­ald Trump, but suc­cess­ful recov­er­ies are often frag­ile and […]</p>

Turkey Expands Influence Operations in Western Balkans via Mosques

October 21 2025, 8:03 am 8:03 am Published by Editor Leave your thoughts <p>Turkey is expand­ing its polit­i­cal influ­ence across the West­ern Balka­ns by invest­ing in infra­struc­ture and reli­gious land­mark build­ings, with mosque […]</p>

Germany Urges DITIB Mosque Association to Cut Erdogan Ties

7:29 am Published by Editor Leave your thoughts <p>The Ger­man gov­ern­ment urged the Turk­ish-Islam­ic Union for Reli­gious Affairs, the coun­try’s main mosque asso­ci­a­tion with around 1,000 mosques, to […]</p>

MAGA Movement Shows Divisions After Charlie Kirk Assassination

October 20 2025, 9:30 am 9:30 am Published by Editor Leave your thoughts <p>The MAGA move­ment is expe­ri­enc­ing vis­i­ble divi­sions after the assas­si­na­tion of right-wing influ­encer Char­lie Kirk, with com­pet­ing claims to his […]</p>