Soft Power Political extremes embrace in Kazakhstan A media industry conference in Central Asia gives a platform to Steve Bannon and George Galloway. They use it to find common ground dispatch Matthew Janney
Information War Turkey’s once-venerable news source mired in election controversy Turkey’s state-backed news agency says it’s fighting fake news. Independent journalists says it’s created the problem feature Gülten Sarı
Syria Propaganda Train The Russian military has sent a train full of war trophies across Russia to salute what it claims is the end of the terrorism in Syria. video Katia Patin and Evgeniy Shapovalov
Information War Meet the Czech-Japanese businessman turned anti-EU rightwing political star Tomio Okamura, bullied when young for looking ‘foreign,’ has combined fake news and populism to brand himself the leader of anti-EU Czech nationalism dispatch Filip Brokeš
Information War Singapore fake-news bill raises fears of censorship According to Singapore's draft law ministers get to decide without any judicial review what online content is true or false simply if it offends them. Other countries may do the same feature Kirsten Han
Information War Ukraine’s Zelenskiy triumphs at polls — and beats Russia’s disinformation plot as well Zelenskiy’s electoral victory upends Kremlin propaganda about disunity and anti-Semitism in Ukraine. Will Russia tweak its disinformation playbook to hobble the new leader? feature Mariam Kiparoidze
Information War Swiss Courts make facts matter again Judges annul a referendum saying Swiss were provided false facts in a ruling with possible implications for Brexit feature Andrew North
Information War Can we make Truth great again? Humanities scholars long sneered at the notion of objective truth. In this post-truth age, that may be changing essay Eduard Saakashvili
Traditional Values How the last Chechen rights activist was silenced Chechen leader Kadyrov used the Russian playbook of disinformation and questionable court hearings to imprison Oyub Titiev, a veteran human rights worker dispatch Maria Georgieva
Soft Power From Donbas to Paris – meet the militants who now want to overthrow the French government A group of French citizens who fought with Russian-backed Ukrainian separatists are trying to make the Yellow Vest movement a new recruiting ground for disruption feature Margot Haddad
Information War ‘Servant of the People’ leads Ukraine’s presidential race feature Veronika Melkozerova
Information War How to build a disinformation business Meet the man behind one of the Czech Republic’s most influential fake-media sites feature Filip Brokeš
