[T]he Russian government’s current mobilization is designed with some clear goals in mind: to advance its standing at home and improve its strategic posture abroad. It’s an approach that’s succeeding on both fronts — and the reasons have everything to do with propaganda.
What ISIS is saying now on social media;
New tech in the disinformation wars;
Belarus clamps down at home...;
...and misbehaves abroad;
The Kremlin finds a new target: TOR
New Zealand's new anti-terror law;
After America, militancy surges in Afghanistan;
Mali's CT strategy: negotiations and outsourcing;
Hamas' secret stash
Russian plans to shut down NGO roil Berlin;
Citizen apathy aids "foreign agent" policies;
A Russian show of force in support of Belarus;
India risks U.S. sanctions for Russian defenses;
Putin talks Belarus migrant crisis;
Ukraine crisis highlights U.S. intelligence shortfalls
What precisely does the Biden administration want to accomplish in its diplomacy with Iran? With new talks over Iran's nuclear program now underway in Vienna, it’s a question worth asking.