How America Watches for a Nuclear Strike
The New York Times reports that Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies professor Dr. Jeffrey Lewis and research associate Michael Duitsman monitored Russian sites for clues about its nuclear war preparations.
The American Far-Right’s Russian Embrace
Professor Jason Blazakis, director of the Middlebury Institute’s Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, was interviewed by WBUR about how the American far-right’s embrace of Russia was creating a disinformation loop.
Blazakis discusses how the Russians have identified key narratives in the disinformation cycle, and how these narratives relate to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
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