Category: In the News

Handler in Lawfare: Election Security After Iowa

By Atlantic Council

The Iowa caucus debacle showcased how unhinged conspiracies can inflict damage on democratic institutions that’s just as severe as more direct electoral manipulation—along with the risk posed by overblown electoral outrage. To the extent that Iowa was a dry run for more pernicious election security issues that might arise in the general election, just about everyone failed the test.

DFRlab in the New York Times

“It was not clear whether the activity was the work of actual accounts or state-backed bots, according to the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. But they tweeted pro-Iranian, anti-American content at a rate of 3,000 tweets every 45 minutes, according to New York Times data.”

Jason Marczak in Forbes

“President Fernández begins 2020 with a number of challenges that are primarily economic: renegotiating Argentina’s relationship with the IMF, coming to amicable terms with bond-holders, and reducing high levels of poverty, inflation, and unemployment rates. But Fernández is between a rock and a hard-place; he has to balance these challenges while showing fiscal restraint and […]

Melinda Haring in the Washington Post

“I find myself wondering how the United States will be able to promote democracy and anti-corruption programs in Ukraine now that Americans acting in the name of the president have shown that they can be as transactional as the most ruthless oligarchs.”