IGA has released its new briefing paper “Not One but Many Silver Bullets. Towards a Classification of Responses to Disinformation”. The paper draws on the assumption that the corpus of countermeasures and analytical approaches has grown so extensive that actors who set out to build capacities or to reframe and elevate their anti-disinformation efforts are …
IGA has released its new briefing paper “Countering Disinformation. An Evaluation of the Institutional Approach of Governments”. The study provides a comparative analysis of the most prominent state agencies established to counter disinformation and foreign influence, featuring examples from the US, the EU, Germany, France, Sweden, Ukraine, Taiwan. The analysis evaluates the institutional approach of …
IGA took part in the international conference Cooperation Summit – Europe’s Rising Power organized by Warsaw Institute Foundation in cooperation with Central & Eastern Europe Council – CEEC, which took place on November 30, 2023, in Warsaw. The event featured discussions of the strategic, political, media and economic opportunities and challenges ahead of Central and …
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In a podcast for BG Science, Dr. Rumena Filipova discussed pro-Russian biases in history teaching in the Bulgarian educational system; the anti-democratic and anti-Western tendencies among young Bulgarians; the reasons behind the eager consumption of pro-Russian disinformation. She drew on and presented IGA’s most recent reports: History Undone, Teetering on the Brink of Regional Convergence …
IGA was pleased to welcome a class of US students on a study abroad exchange program in Germany, Bulgaria and Greece. Dr. Rumena Filipova gave a lecture, which focused on three main topics: Russian influence on the Bulgarians’ historical perceptions (on the basis of the pro-Russian biases in the content of history textbooks, policies …
In an interview for Military TV, Dr. Rumena Filipova presented the pro-Russian biases in the content of history textbooks as examined in IGA’s report History Undone. She also discussed the Biden-Xi meeting, relations between Russia and China, the EU’s role in the context of the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine. Listen to the interview (in Bulgarian)
The Institute for Global Analytics organized the lecture “Like an Incoming Tide… It Flows into the Estuaries and Up the Rivers”: The Complexity of Multilevel Anti-Corruption Responses. The event was conducted in partnership with New Bulgarian University and took place on 20 November 2023. Professor Denitza Topchiyska (New Bulgarian University) moderated the discussion. Dr. Rumena …
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In an interview for Bloomberg TV Bulgaria, IGA’s chairperson discussed the expected outcomes of the upcoming Biden-Xi meeting in San Francisco. In focus: how the Chinese economic downturn will affect Beijing’s position in international affairs and whether Europe will forge a more consolidated stance in the face of Chinese competition in the sphere of electric …
In an interview for Radio FOCUS, Dr. Rumena Filipova discussed IGA’s three newest reports and related conclusions: how the deepening of pro-Russian and intolerant views in Bulgarian society can be countered through effective strategic communications and the development of memory politics, which can lead to a reassessment of perceptions of the role of Russia in …
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The Institute for Global Analytics held its international conference Fostering Effective Strategic Communications for Resilient State and Society: Comparative Best Practices from across Europe, which took place on October 20 at Grand Hotel Sofia. The event gathered experts from various European countries to discuss best practices of strat com that could be of assistance to …
