Information Warfare Watch No. 22
Digital authoritarianism and weaponized disinformation;
Israel's upgraded public diplomacy;
China, TikTok and cognitive warfare
Digital authoritarianism and weaponized disinformation;
Israel's upgraded public diplomacy;
China, TikTok and cognitive warfare
Targeting the legal defenders;
Countering Wagner in Africa;
The real state of Russian industry;
Flashpoint: Zaporizhzhia
Between mid-March and mid-April, Israel's northern frontier experienced its worst spasm of instability in over a decade-and-a-half. On March 13, an armed extremist connected to Hezbollah infiltrated the country and blew up a car at the Megiddo junction, some 50 miles south of the Israeli-Lebanese border. Three weeks later, over the Passover holiday, the Hamas terrorist group launched a salvo of 36 rockets from Lebanese territory against towns and civilian populations in the western Galilee, wounding several and damaging local infrastructure. Two days after that, rockets were launched at Israel from Syria as well.
Moscow digs in in Central Asia;
A Russian hand in pipeline blast, after all;
A reporter as political pawn;
Mounting international condemnation of Russia's war of choice;
The complicated case of Mikhail Fridman
Hong Kong eliminates most elected seats;
Scholz's push for China port deal triggers pushback;
China cracks down on foreign firms, cuts their access to info;
Facing a lack of recruits, China revises conscription law;
U.S. Seeks to "De-risk" its relationship with China: Sullivan