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New Book Details How Qatar Uses Islamists and Media Outlets To Wield ‘Rented Power’

July 21 2022, 14:10 pm 2:10 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on New Book Details How Qatar Uses Islamists and Media Outlets To Wield ‘Rented Power’ <p>Rout­ledge has recent­ly pub­lished a book by Oxford aca­d­e­m­ic Dr. Diana Galee­va on Qatar’s prac­tice of ‘rent­ed pow­er’ which details […]</p>

German Intelligence Says China Seeks to Instrumentalize Diaspora Groups and Journalists; ‘Win Over’ Politicians as Lobbyists

July 20 2022, 14:19 pm 2:19 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on German Intelligence Says China Seeks to Instrumentalize Diaspora Groups and Journalists; ‘Win Over’ Politicians as Lobbyists <p>Germany’s domes­tic intel­li­gence ser­vice has recent­ly pub­lished its annu­al “Con­sti­tu­tion­al Pro­tec­tion” report, which details Chi­nese influ­ence oper­a­tions in the coun­try. […]</p>

Germany Expels Leader of Iranian-linked Mosque Over Ties to Terrorist Organizations

July 19 2022, 17:27 pm 5:27 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Germany Expels Leader of Iranian-linked Mosque Over Ties to Terrorist Organizations <p>Ger­man media report­ed last month that the Ger­man gov­ern­ment had expelled a senior leader of a Ham­burg mosque linked to […]</p>

Finland Shuts Down Confucius Institute amid Censorship, Espionage Accusations

5:24 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Finland Shuts Down Confucius Institute amid Censorship, Espionage Accusations <p>Euro­pean media report­ed last month that a Fin­ish uni­ver­si­ty had closed its affil­i­at­ed Con­fu­cius Insti­tute fol­low­ing con­cerns relat­ed to Chi­nese […]</p>

Russian State Channel RT Opens Office in Serbia

July 18 2022, 15:17 pm 3:17 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Russian State Channel RT Opens Office in Serbia <p>Euro­pean media is report­ing that Russ­ian state-owned TV and radio broad­cast­er Rus­sia Today (RT) plans to open offices in Ser­bia. […]</p>

Missouri Democratic Congresswoman Has Close Ties to Palestinian Activist with Anti-Semitic History 

2:02 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Missouri Democratic Congresswoman Has Close Ties to Palestinian Activist with Anti-Semitic History  <p>A con­tro­ver­sial watch­dog group mon­i­tor­ing what it con­sid­ers anti­se­mit­ic and/or anti-Israel activ­i­ty has report­ed on an Octo­ber 2020 cam­paign fund-rais­er […]</p>

Employees Say Russian State Media Resembles an “Army,” Coverage Mandated by Kremlin Officials

July 14 2022, 14:26 pm 2:26 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Employees Say Russian State Media Resembles an “Army,” Coverage Mandated by Kremlin Officials <p>The New York­er is report­ing that cur­rent and for­mer employ­ees describe Russ­ian state media as an “army” with many foot […]</p>

Former Executive Director of Controversial Mosque Appointed to Massachusetts Government Post

2:17 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Former Executive Director of Controversial Mosque Appointed to Massachusetts Government Post <p>On 26 May 2022, Boston May­or Michelle Wu announced the appoint­ment of Mus­lim com­mu­ni­ty orga­niz­er Yusu­fi Vali as her Deputy […]</p>

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels Vastly Outperforming Channels Critical of Kremlin

July 13 2022, 15:22 pm 3:22 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Pro-Russian Telegram Channels Vastly Outperforming Channels Critical of Kremlin <p>US think tank The DFR­Lab is report­ing that Russ­ian pro-Krem­lin Telegram chan­nels have been able to increase their sub­scriber base […]</p>

Former US Naval Intelligence Officer Spreads Russian Propaganda on YouTube

July 12 2022, 15:40 pm 3:40 pm Published by Editor Comments Off on Former US Naval Intelligence Officer Spreads Russian Propaganda on YouTube <p>Last month the US pub­li­ca­tion Vice post­ed a pro­file of Patrick Lan­cast­er, a for­mer USA naval intel­li­gence offi­cer now act­ing […]</p>