Countering Foreign Media Manipulation. Or Not.

Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Gavin Wilde’s recent article in
the Texas National Security Review on foreign media manipulation.
How vulnerable are citizens of democracies to manipulation
through social media? Is a more open and less hierarchical media
space a national security threat? And what, if anything, should
policymakers in democracies do about this issue? Grievances for
China blocking popular apps, Marjorie Taylor Green for her
shenanigans surrounding the foreign aid vote, and to the F-35,
the gift that keeps on giving (to the tune of $2 trillion); Attas
for Samuel Charap and Sergey Radchenko for an important article
on Ukraine, to Mike Johnson for taking a principled stand on the
foreign aid bill, and to the first Australian officers to
participate in AUKUS nuclear submarine training.


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