“Telling China’s Story” in Africa: Beijing’s Unfolding Impact on African Media
By Emeka Umejei Speaking before the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) National Propaganda and Ideology Committee in August 2013, …
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The Risks of Engagement with China’s Sister Cities
By Ariane Gottlieb and Justin Daniels “We are breaking all our political contacts with China due to the …
“Big Brother” is Teaching: Historical Revisionism and Censorship as Tools of Sharp Power
By Ariane Gottlieb In his seminal work 1984, George Orwell stated, “who controls the past controls the future; …
The Power of Ideas: Cuba’s Efforts to Shape Debate in Latin America
By Armando Chaguaceda and Maria Werlau Joseph Nye, who coined the post-Cold War concept of “soft power,” explained: …
Not the Droids You’re Looking For: Bots and the Weaponization of Star Wars
By Dean Jackson It is a period of authoritarian resurgence. Russian agents, striking from a hidden base (or …
The “CAMP” Sectors and the Threat from Sharp Power
By Christopher Walker In democratic countries, the spheres of culture, academia, media, and publishing (the CAMP sectors) are …