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New @FPRI #FIE2020 analysis from @rjchernaskey & I - Iran's discussions of the 2020 presidential election. We discuss how they converge & diverge with Russia state-sponsored media. No surprise who they don't like! fpri.org/fie/iran-menti…
@FPRI @rjchernaskey Iran's coverage, tactics and influence operations are more overt, more aggressive, focus more directly on their long run foreign policy goals vis-a-vis the U.S. #FIE2020
@FPRI @rjchernaskey Strand to watch with regards to Iranian influence in coming week - how they message about John Bolton. Denigrating Bolton been focus negative coverage Trump admin by Tehran. Now will they twist toward Bolton?presstv.com/Detail/2020/01…
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New from @rjchernaskey & #FIE2020, what does the Kremlin think about the Iowa caucus 2020? They love the mess, but not really Mayor Pete. “Russian State-Sponsored Media on the Iowa Caucuses”
fpri.org/fie/russian-me… via @FPRI
For those searching out foreign trolls in social media Election 2020, well, there’s like too many trolls to dissect in 2020, but if I were searching (I am not at this moment) I’d recommend starting with #CIAPete and working out from there. #FIE2020
will be lots people tweeting hashtag, but as I noted 1st installment of @FPRI #FIE2020 project, read what Kremlin pushes out, then separate out what they say that US audience doesn’t, or what Kremlin says but doesn’t make sense in US context - then dig! fpri.org/fie/what-is-fi…
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Right on
Or in other words Melissa - “what could Russia do to America at this point, that America is not already doing to itself.” Election 2020
“in 2020, our biggest vulnerability appears to not be the public, social media, or hackers, but the politicians and candidates themselves. Their opportunism makes it difficult for them to keep the Kremlin at bay” google.com/amp/s/www.nbcn…
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Clint Watts
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I know, Impeachment, got it, but hey look -> #coronarvirus , excellent break down by ⁦@nytimes⁩ Daily podcast. Assuming we survive, coronavirus will be extraordinary case study on authoritarian information control podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…
China censorship helped virus spread, makes it difficult for world to respond. Still may be severely underestimated. But China is likely only country that could quarantine City of 11 million.
Imagine if this turns to outbreak in USA? some of our controls & responses better, but others not so much, trust in government has never been lower, public won’t handle a quarantine w/ social media well. Pray for those afflicted & pray this doesn’t spread.
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#Iran's Soleimani’s funeral: The hallmark of a theocratic propaganda machine
Taking sheer numbers for legitimacy is an insult to the people of Iran who bravely took part in #IranProtests &lost 1000s of their loved ones.
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NEW | #Russia's Dead-End Diplomacy in #Syria

My latest @TheStudyofWar w/ Jason Zhou covers:

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NEW: Senate Intel Committee concludes #Russia's Internet Research Agency (#IRA) "sought to influence the 2016 US presidential election by harming Hillary Clinton's chances of success & supporting Donald Trump at the direction of the Kremlin"
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