Media Manipulation
July 7, 2015
Rethinking Authoritarian “Soft Power”
As countries such as Russia, China, and Iran have become more assertive in their foreign policies, they have also developed a set of instruments that are generally classified under the...
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June 30, 2015
Telling a Good Story: Censorship, Propaganda, and China’s Media
“Democracy Ideas” is an interview series conducted by Christopher Walker with leading thinkers on democracy who share their insights on topics such as the ways in which democracy can work...
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June 25, 2015
Authoritarian Disinformation: All the News Unfit to Print
“Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his political allies claim to be the victims of a U.S.-sponsored campaign of diplomatic and economic aggression. Fortunately for them, a lone voice from Washington...
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June 23, 2015
Authoritarians Bet Big on International Sporting Events
After hiding out in a Baku hotel for several days, Lady Gaga reportedly was paid $2 million USD to perform as a surprise headliner for the opening ceremony of the...
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June 11, 2015
Sanitizing China’s Information Sphere
How many days in May? “Thirty-one,” of course. But in China, the answer is sometimes “thirty-five.” These four extra days are code for the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre,...
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June 9, 2015
In Advance of European Games, Azerbaijan Tames Human Rights Watchdogs
Since inheriting the presidency from his father in 2003, Ilham Aliyev has steadily shrunk the space in Azerbaijan for alternative views. Today, the country is ruled largely through fear. There...
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