influence

China and Russia vie for soft power influence in Central Asia Central Asia…

Ryan Selkis, a cryptocurrency executive, was eating dinner at Mar-a-Lago last month when he got an unexpected invitation: Former President Donald J. Trump wanted him to come to the stage and say a few words.Mr. Selkis, who runs the…

Israel organized and paid for an influence campaign last year targeting U.S. lawmakers and the American public with pro-Israel messaging, as it aimed to foster support for its actions in the war in Gaza, according to officials involved…

US tech firm OpenAI says it identified five groups, based in various countries, that have been using its technology in attempts to manipulate public opinion. The firm developed the artificial intelligence chatbot…

OpenAI said it has cut off five covert influence operations in the past three months, including networks in Russia, China, Iran and Israel…

MANILA – The Philippines' military chief accused China of a "malign influence effort" on Wednesday, after a local newspaper reported a Philippine vice admiral…

WASHINGTON – When Donald Trump looked at Africa, he crudely dismissed its significance and fretted African immigrants would never “go back to their huts” once they entered the United States.When Joe Biden looks at Africa, he sees…

Ministers should “take radical action” to counter the influence of European human rights rules to curb a burgeoning industry of highly paid equalities officers touting bogus grievances, Suella Braverman, the UK government’s chief law…

Speaking virtually Saturday to a conference in Tunis focused on Japanese investment in Africa's development, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged $30 billion (€30.1 billion) over three years in an apparent effort to counter…

With the U.S.'s current primary Middle East focus being on trying to deter a widening of the Israel-Hamas War, China and Russia have been busy cementing their influence elsewhere in the region, most recently in Iraq. This remains a…