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A paradigm shift in (dis)information warfare: How TikTok content and deepfakes become threatening weapons in the Russia-Ukraine war

Propaganda and disinformation are integrative parts of warfare. However, during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, TikTok videos and deepfakes have emerged as new tools for pro-Russia disinformation to spread. PhD Fellow at DDC Selma MarthedalI argue that the spread of misleading content through TikTok can have serious consequences on Russian public sphere. Picture: Pixabay License.

AI and Drones in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Challenging the Expectations?

In this blogentry, Ingvild Bode and Anna Nadibaidze highlight the importance of observing uses of AI and drones in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, even though so far these practices challenge the expectations set by the Russian leadership. Picture: Mil.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Old Order is Dead - Long Live the New Order

24 February 2022 will go down in history not only as the day when Russia invaded Ukraine and brutally shattered the lives of millions of Ukrainians, but also as the day when the global rules-based order ended, and the contours of a new global order started to solidify. To better understand what is happening and what lies ahead, it is useful to take a closer look at what processes of order transformation entail. In this short article, professor Trine Flockhart gives a brief overview of what we know about order transformations, and what kind of global order might currently be unfolding. Picture: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Bombing Culture: The Cultural Destruction of Ukraine?

Putin targets civilians to tear up Ukrainian resistance, flash monolithic power and aggravate the international community. Along with soaring civilian casualties and destruction of urban space, culturally significant places, so-called ‘cultural heritage’, suffers increasing damage. Hence there is a need for considering how Putin may choose cultural destruction as a military strategy to undermine a nation and its people. The article is written by Frederik Rosén, Ph.D., Director Nordic Center for Cultural Heritage and Armed Conflict. Picture: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International.

Some perspectives on the use of cyber-attacks in the first weeks of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Mikkel Storm Jensen provides some perspectives on the use of cyber-attacks in the first weeks of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. His analysis is based on the first impressions from what can be gleaned from reputable media’s reporting. He is a major, cand.polit and military researcher at the Department of Strategy and War Studies. Picture: CC 3.0 - Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego.

NATO is the future of European security

To reflect the 2022 crisis in Ukraine, Dr. James Rogers and Professor Sten Rynning has updated their article “NATO is the future of European security”, previously written for Forum.eu in 2021. They argue that NATO’s ability to defend Europe is not a given and present four distinct ways in which Europe can contribute. Picture: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).