September 10, 2026

The Fundamental Freedoms Today: Views from the Frontlines of Repression

Sign Up Here to Recieve Information on Forthcoming Essays in This Series! A New Essay Collection From the Forum “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the...

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July 15, 2026

Testing the Limits: China and Russia’s Authoritarian Influence at Scale...

By Kevin Sheives, Alexander Cooley, Caroline Costello, William Nee, and Florindo Chivucute Table of Contents Executive Summary A New, More Permissive Context for Authoritarian Influence at Scale / Kevin Sheives...

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February 11, 2025

Data-Centric Authoritarianism: How China’s Development of Frontier...

A new report reviews key data-centric technologies whose development could fortify Beijing’s tech-enabled authoritarian governance model.

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November 12, 2024

Stronger Together: Coalitions as a Catalyst for Information Integrity

DOWNLOAD THE REPORT A new report authored by Tim Niven explores how sweeping changes in the information environment are advancing the efforts of authoritarians in the information space and how coalitions provide...

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July 31, 2024

The Struggle Against Authoritarian Influence in the Western Balkans: Montenegro...

DOWNLOAD THE REPORT A new report authored by Vanja Ćalović Marković explores how Montenegro has become an ideal testing ground for authoritarian actors, and how lessons learned from these...

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June 18, 2024

Manufacturing Deceit: How Generative AI Supercharges Information Manipulation

DOWNLOAD THE REPORT A new report authored by Beatriz Saab explores how generative AI is helping authoritarians tip the scales against democracy and accelerate harmful narratives in a wide variety of country...

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February 27, 2024

Fighting Kleptocracy in an Era of Geopolitics

DOWNLOAD THE REPORT A new report by Ben Judah analyzes how the counter-kleptocracy agenda intersects with, and is at times superseded by, competing geopolitical priorities. Additionally, the report analyzes...

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February 05, 2024

Winning the Battle of Ideas: Exposing Global Authoritarian Narratives and...

DOWNLOAD THE REPORT A new report by Dr. Joseph Siegle analyzes how top-order authoritarian narratives serve as a vital tool to amplify autocrats’ influence and reshape the international landscape. The...

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December 04, 2023

Contrarrestar las Operaciones de Información de Actores Autoritarios en...

DESCARGAR EL INFORME EN ESPAÑOL (READ THE REPORT IN ENGLISH) El nuevo informe de Iria Puyosa (del DFRLab del Atlantic Council) y Mariví Marín Vázquez (de ProBox) profundiza nuestra...

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November 28, 2023

Deepening the Response to Authoritarian Information Operations in Latin...

DOWNLOAD THE REPORT (LEE EL INFORME EN ESPAÑOL) A new report authored by Iria Puyosa and Mariví Marín Vázquez and edited by Adam Fivenson examines civil society’s response...

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