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A new plan for countering propaganda has been introduced in the U.S. Senate, but how necessary is it?
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Building on Bjola's recent analysis of NATO's online bubble, Manor looks at NATO's network.
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This year's Nowruz message packed a powerful PD punch, says Sohaela Amiri.
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Philip Seib cautions against unfounded optimism about the decline of IS.
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Forget proxy metrics and studying a single Twitter list—this is what Jihadist information dissemination really looks like.
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The key to better cooperation in the Lake Victoria region might be the promotion of a subnational identity for Islanders.
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