STRATCOMCOE

NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence

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🌍 Attending the #NATOSummit in Ankara?
Join @STRATCOMCOE's high-level roundtable on cognitive warfare, AI & NATO's next frontier on 7 July featuring Rob Bauer, Janis Sarts & Halyna Padalko. Seats are limited, register now ➡️ https://t.co/aODjUFhhCM
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What if one of the biggest barriers to #StratCom in government is... democracy itself?
New report explores a paradox: the very features that make liberal democracies strong can also make coherent strategic communication much harder.
🔗 Read more: https://t.co/jF9TNi7Y4r

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That's a wrap. Another year, another thrilling conference for the #StratCom crowd. After more than 10 years of this event, for many this has become a yearly get together. Hoping to see you again next year at the #RigaStratComDialogue, friends! Stay aware, stay resilient.

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Mr. @janis_sarts, Director, @STRATCOMCOE:
"It is going to get worse, there will be more adversarial campaigns and we will have to face them in the best possible way… Russia stops when it gets hit in the face👊💥"
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"Don't think that capitulation will take place when Putin dies. There are a lot of people around him, waiting to take his place. It's a capital project".

- Ms. @CandaceRondeaux, Professor of Practice, @Future_of_war at the #RigaStratComDialogue

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Dr. @peterfrankopan, Professor of Global History, @UniofOxford:

"All the countries that came up on the wrong side of the Berlin wall were effectively enslaved for 45 years".

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Mr. Christopher Walker, Vice President, Center for European Policy Analysis:

"Even if Putin and Xi are not communicating, it is telepathy at the very least".

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"Building a narrative to defend reality is not just a moral obligation for governments, it's an obligation to safeguard society's capacities to distinguish the shared reality from that of adversaries".

- Mr. Kasim Ileri, Republic of Turkiye
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While our dear and very educated guests are enjoying their well earned lunch, we invite you to see what our #experts at the #RigaStratComDialogue are saying about the importance of #StratCom in today's world. Would you agree with any of them?

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Mr. @etbrooking, Director of Strategy and Resident Sr. Fellow, @AtlanticCouncil's @DFRLab:

"#AI tools make campaigns so costless, even if not as effective, it changes calculation".

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"Russia🇷🇺 has 74 universities that offer programmes on information management, basically speaking, they're being trained for information #manipulation".🤯

- Dr. Halyna Padalko of @MIT at the #RigaStratComDialogue

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Dr. Doowan Lee, CSO of EdgeTheory: "The second Ukraine🇺🇦 was able to do deep strikes inside Russia🇷🇺, it changed the way we and even Russia itself perceived the #war".

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Ms. @SGelava, Associate Director for Research, @DFRLab at the #RigaStratComDialogue:

"Naming and shaming‼️, analysis for #disinformation operations - this process is slow, but #exposing the malign actors is still very important".

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We're glad you thoroughly enjoyed Day 1 of #RigaStratComDialogue, and we invite you to watch a series of lightning interviews with participants and speakers of yesterday!✨

Maryna Vorotyntseva Harry Williams Tetiana Haiduchyk Roberta Duffield Emerson Brooking Roman Sheremeta

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That's it for today at the #RigaStratComDialogue. 💯

A thrilling day filled with discussions about #CognitiveWarfare, #Disinformation, and, #FutureThreats. We need to stay alert, resilient, and united to deter adversaries. 🪖⚔️

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Not often you can get two Chiefs of Defence on one stage. We have the privilege of having both Major General Kaspars Pudāns 🇱🇻 and General Onno Eichelsheim 🇳🇱 discussing the importance of #StratCom while winning at cognitive warfare at the #RigaStratComDialogue

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Ms. Olga Belogolova, Director, Emerging Technologies Initiative at @SAISHopkins: "The #LLMs are intentionally friendly and supportive of your ideas. Even if they're bad ideas."

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Dr. Ya-chi Chiang, Deputy Representative, Taipei Representative Office in the United Kingdom at the #RigaStratComDialogue: "Talking about freedom, I will quote the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, who stated that values and rights are worth fighting for".

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Europe should engage Pacific nations. Not invasively, and respecting their culture. Rather in a manner that benefits both sides. The region is very important for NATO if they want to avoid further fracturing".

- Mr. @JLSousaSantos of @ucpacstudies at the #RigaStratComDialogue

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Good to be back at the Riga StratCom Conference.
In an era of information warfare, AI-generated manipulation, cyber threats, and geopolitical instability, understanding how democracies build resilience against disinformation is essential. #RigaStratComDialogue