The Kremlin’s Obsession with Glorifying Falsified History
“The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”
Albert Einstein
Hostile Influence Strategies & Operations
The Russian Orthodox Church: Faith, Power and Conquest
Until recently, the Russian Orthodox Church was a subject that interested few outside expert circles. That dramatically changed in late 2018 when the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople granted autocephaly (independence) to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The reverberations of this decision — religious, political and geopolitcal — underscore the importance that the Church once again plays in Russian policy.
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Teperik in Kyiv on Resilience: It’s About Trust, Dialogue and Balance of Freedoms
ICDS Chief Executive Dmitri Teperik spoke at the panel discussion entitled “Politics, Security Influences, and Human Dignity” organised by the Analytical Centre of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Kyiv, Ukraine on 16 December 2019.
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Seeing Is No Longer Believing: Deepfakes, Cheapfakes and the Limits of Deception
Disguise and deception are permanent fixtures in history.
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The Talsinki Tunnel: Channelling Chinese Interests into the Baltic Sea
China’s assertive foreign policy is best known for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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Autumn School Resilience League 2019 on Disinformation and Societal Polarisation
International Autumn School Resilience League 2019 gathered around 70 young professionals and experienced experts from the Baltic states, Sweden, Germany, Great Britain, Ukraine, Belarus and other countries. During the 6-day long event, participants discussed various aspects related to cognitive resilience against hostile disinformation, societal polarisation and harmful radicalisation.
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EUFIS and Nord Stream 2: Will the Security Dog Bark?
With the coming into force of the EU foreign investment screening regulation, combined with the delays to the completion of Nord Stream 2 there is now a distinct possibility that the pipeline will be fully subject to the regulation.
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Teperik at the Aspen Forum in Kyiv: infotainment can be maliciously exploited
ICDS Chief Executive Dmitri Teperik participated in the panel discussion “Digital Media” held during the Aspen Good Governance Forum on 11 September 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Teperik at the XXIX Krynica Forum: „Over-securitization of a language harms national resilience“
ICDS Chief Executive Dmitri Teperik participated in the discussion panel „Deep Shadow of Moscow – Information War against Europe“ held under the auspices of the XXIX Krynica Economic Forum in Poland on 3-5 September 2019.
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Dmitri Teperik: Social Media Has Become Too Toxic and Manipulative for Shaping Properly a Public Policy Debate
ICDS Chief Executive Dmitri Teperik participated in the international conference “Disinformation Wars in Central and Eastern Europe” organised by the German Federal Agency for Civic Education in Berlin on 29-31 August 2019.
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