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Nika Aleksejeva is resident fellow for the Baltics at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), based in Latvia.
Aleksejeva’s specific research interest lies in identifying, exposing, and explaining malign information influence campaigns on digital engagement spaces in the Baltic states and beyond. She has closely examined hostile Kremlin narratives concerning NATO’s enhanced forward presence (NATO eFP) in the Baltic states and Poland, the spread of disinformation about COVID-19, the 2020 Belarus political crisis, and malign information influence campaigns related to the war in Ukraine. Aleksejeva was among the first to uncover Sputnik’s covert strategy for reaching new audiences on Facebook in 2019, as well as early signs of operations “Ghost Writer,” “Secondary Infection,” and “Doppelganger”. Most recently, she has worked to uncover networks of pro-Kremlin Telegram channels spreading Russia’s propaganda globally.
Aleksejeva’s work has been featured in prominent media outlets such as Huffington Post, BBC, NBC, AP, Der Spiegel, and Politico, among others.
With a background in journalism, Nika Aleksejeva’s previous work involved writing on business topics and creating data-driven stories about global economic trends and education. Prior to joining NATO Stratcom COE, she worked with Infogram, a popular data visualization service. Seeing the future in digital journalism, Aleksejeva is dedicated to improving quality journalism and building resilience to online disinformation.
In her free time, she empowers Latvian journalists with data journalism skills by curating the School of Data branch in Latvia.