Новости за 23.03.2018

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In Brief: Disinformation and misinformation seem to be everywhere. They are often spread by foreign actors like the Russian government who aim to stoke tensions within the United States. Other state or non-state actors may already be starting to copy these tactics. The problem of disinformation is exacerbated by two deeper and longer-standing crises within the American media system: a crisis of business model and a crisis of norms.

Though issues of disinformation are not new... Читать дальше...

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The Defense Innovation Initiative — also referred to as the Third Offset Strategy — was announced in November 2014, aiming to “identify and invest in innovative ways to sustain and advance U.S. military dominance for the 21st century.” To address the erosion of U.S. technological superiority and conventional deterrence, the U.S. Department of Defense announced an ambitious innovation-based program to offset the competition particularly from states in a long-term perspective. Читать дальше...

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The Trump administration had only been in the White House for a few tumultuous weeks when the sixth iteration of the Young Strategists Forum (YSF) took place in Tokyo, at the end of January 2017. Over breakfast in Tokyo each morning the group would scroll through Twitter feeds and news alerts, one unsettling shock or scandal following another, from the leaked details of the combative conversation between President Trump and Prime Minister Turnbull of... Читать дальше...