Come, Listen, Debate: Join ICDS at the Opinion Festival 2018
In August every year, the town of Paide in central Estonia becomes a heart of public debate.
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Strategic Communication
Dmitri Teperik on hybrid threats
ICDS Chief Executive Dmitri Teperik participated in the international conference “Multiple Challenges for Europe”, held in Prague on 21 May 2018.
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Countering Disinformation: The Danger of Hype—and Ignorance
A superficial understanding of the core strategy of disinformation as well as its ways, means, and ends leads us to naivety about its real effects on targeted societies and vulnerable groups.
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Responding to “the Most Destructive and Costly Cyberattack in History”
Eight months after the NotPetya ransomware/wipeware disabled 10% of computers in Ukraine, and inflicted financial costs amounting to 0,5% of Ukraine’s GDP and over $1 billion worldwide the Five Eyes countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, the US) and Denmark attributed its use to the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service.
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Book launch “Information Warfare”
On Friday, February 9th, The International Centre for Defence and Security hosted a seminar and book launch for “Information Warfare” by Saara Jantunen, which was recently translated from original Finnish into Estonian.
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Disinformation: A Fight for Crimea, Ukraine and the World
In discussing disinformation as a component of contemporary military conflicts, it is necessary to point out three key issues.
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Presentation of Research Results on Russian Influence in Riga
On 25 January 2018, NATO StratCom Center of Excellence in Riga presented two new studies on Russian information influence. Among the presenters were two people from the ICDS.
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ICDS Chief Executive Joined International Team of Experts on Informational Resilience
ICDS Chief Executive Dmitri Teperik joined an international team of experts, who will run a project on assessing vulnerability and resilience to Russia’s disinformation warfare.
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Seminar “Fake or news?”
On February 9th, the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and ICDS held a seminar on disinformation titled „Fake or News? “. The seminar was introduced and moderated by ICDS Chief Executive, Dmitri Teperik. The speakers were Mr. Jakub Kalensky from the East StratCom Task Force of the European External Action Service, Ms. Donara Barojan from the NATO StratCom Centre of Excellence, and Mr. Frederick Fooy from the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency. Various issues were discussed, including the means, goals, and consequences of pro-Kremlin disinformation campaigns, several web tools to identify disinformation efforts and fake news, as well as how a pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign is conducted in Sweden.
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