Disinformation

A Palestinian boy is seen carrying food aid from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in al-Shati refugee camp on January 13, 2009, in Gaza City. © Abid Katib/Getty Images

How Malign Information Harms Humanitarian Workers

The demonisation of civil society online can have real-life repercussions.

16 Jan 25

A large demonstration held on October 28 in front of Georgia's parliament where four opposition parties called for a repeat election, accusing Georgian Dream of election fraud. © IWPR

Georgia’s Post-Election Perils

Protests continue against validity of electoral win that risks diverting country’s pro-European path.

14 Nov 24

President of Moldova Maia Sandu. © Carl Court/Getty Images

What Next for Moldova?

Country’s European trajectory may depend on healing internal discord and ensuring public trust in the electoral process.

8 Nov 24

Pros Europe demonstration in Tbilisi, Georgia, 28 April 2024. A banner reads "Yes to Europe, No to Russian Law". © Jelger Groeneveld/Flickr

Georgia’s Fateful Election

Government and opposition alike know these polls will have a huge influence on the country's future.

21 Oct 24

Moldova is enduring a disinformation and propaganda campaign from Russia. © Rodion Gavriloi/Wikimedia

Moldova: How Social Networks Amplify Anti-EU Narratives

An organised campaign of pro-Russian propaganda interests could have a major outcome on landmark referendum.

15 Oct 24

A European Union inspired mural in Chisinau, Moldova. © Andreea Campeanu/Getty Images

Moldova’s High Stakes Elections

Pivotal votes will decide whether the country continues on the path of European integration - or chooses closer relations with Russia.

14 Oct 24

A Lebanese girl lights a candle during an event honouring Issam Abdallah, Lebanese photojournalist killed by a missile strike of the IDF on October 13 while working in southern Lebanon, on October 22, 2023 in Beirut, Lebanon. Journalists and other civilians have been killed or wounded as Lebanon's southern frontier with Israel sees its most active fighting in years, with the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militant group trading cross-border fire with Israel over the last two weeks. Regional tensions have flared following the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas in southern Israel, prompting that country to launch a siege of the Gaza Strip. © Manu Brabo/Getty Images

Fake News Fuels Fear in Lebanon

A confusing media landscape leaves citizens desperately searching for credible information.

1 Nov 23

An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

Interview: The War on Disinformation

Open source intelligence (OSINT) can provide facts – but impatient, angry audiences often prefer opinions.

1 Nov 23

Palestinians injured in Israeli air raids arrive at Nasser Medical Hospital on October 24, 2023 in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Gaza. Two weeks after a deadly Hamas attack in southern Israel that sparked a retaliatory siege of Gaza, in which thousands have died and hundreds of thousands have been displaced. © Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images

When the News Becomes a Nightmare

The task of journalism is not to have the answers, but rather to be an honest witness.

1 Nov 23

A woman sings patriotic songs of the Soviet Union during a march near the Kremlin with pro-Communist demonstrators in downtown Moscow, Russia during May Day celebrations, May 2001. © Oleg Nikishin/Newsmakers

Back to the USSR? Memory Wars in the South Caucasus

Kremlin narratives have co-opted history and propagated a distorted memory of the Soviet past.

10 May 23

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Disinformation

How Malign Information Harms Humanitarian Workers

Georgia’s Post-Election Perils

What Next for Moldova?

Georgia’s Fateful Election

Moldova: How Social Networks Amplify Anti-EU Narratives

Moldova’s High Stakes Elections

Fake News Fuels Fear in Lebanon

Interview: The War on Disinformation

When the News Becomes a Nightmare

Back to the USSR? Memory Wars in the South Caucasus

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