1. Dangerous Synergies Countering Chinese and Russian Digital Influence Operations
- Author:
- Daniel Kliman, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Kristine Lee, Joshua Fitt, and Carisa Nietsche
- Publication Date:
- 05-2020
- Content Type:
- Special Report
- Institution:
- Center for a New American Security
- Abstract:
- The 2016 U.S. presidential election and the 2018 and 2020 Taiwanese local and presidential elections crystallized that Russia and China are using digital interference to shape the contest between democracies and autocracies. While foreign information operations are time-tested methods of authoritarian influence, the digital space has increased the scope and speed with which these operations can be waged. Although there is no concrete evidence to suggest that Beijing and Moscow explicitly coordinate their information operations, the two countries are increasingly finding common cause as their interests align on a number of issues and in strategic regions.
- Topic:
- International Relations, Foreign Policy, Science and Technology, Authoritarianism, and Digital Policy
- Political Geography:
- Russia, China, and Asia