World Affairs Council of Charlotte: Panel with Alliance for Securing Democracy
11:30am - 1:30pm EDT
5:30pm - 7:30pm CEST
6:30pm - 8:30pm EEST
About this event
Join the World Affairs Council of Charlotte for an exclusive lunch event on Thursday, May 29, featuring experts from GMF's Alliance for Securing Democracy, as they unpack how countries like Russia, China, and Iran are actively shaping public discourse and influencing communities in North Carolina and across the country through digital propaganda campaigns and misinformation.
Grounded in the Alliance for Securing Democracy’s groundbreaking new report, “The State(s) of Foreign Information Operations: A State-by-State Look at Foreign Information Manipulation in the United States”, these conversations will reveal how U.S. adversaries are targeting government institutions, exploiting trusted community voices, and using sophisticated tactics including AI-generated content to destabilize American democracy.
Event Speakers
David Salvo
Managing Director, Alliance for Securing DemocracyDavid Salvo is managing director of the Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) at GMF. An expert in Russian affairs, Salvo has been analyzing the Kremlin’s authoritarian toolkit to undermine democracy at home and abroad througho...
Bret Schafer
Senior Fellow, Media and Digital Disinformation, Alliance for Securing DemocracyBret Schafer is a senior fellow, Media and Digital Disinformation, for the Alliance for Securing Democracy. Bret is the creator and manager of Hamilton 2.0, an online open-source dashboard tracking the outputs of Russian, Chine...
Krystyna Sikora
Research Analyst, Alliance for Securing DemocracyKrystyna (Krysia) Sikora is a research analyst for the Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD) at GMF. She supports research on election integrity and information manipulation. Her writing has been published in the EU Observer, E...