Check out DemocracyResourceCtr's Sharp Power: Book and Resource List which compiles books, reports, and resources by notable authors, including Christopher Walker, Andis Kudors, Dr Samantha Hoffman and more: buff.ly/3tMmVGU

Want to learn more about Sharp Power? Check out our Sharp Power Book and Resource page which has everything you need to know about the topic
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Here are some of the amazing authors featured on this list! Forum @ NED Christopher Walker Will Dobson Josh Kurlantzick Andreas Fulda 🇺🇦 🇹🇼 LarryDiamond Ruslan Stefanov Martin Vladimirov Andis Kudors Journal of Democracy Dr Samantha Hoffman Jessica Ludwig J Michael Cole (寇謐將)

We’ve been investigating how UK institutions are influenced by the Chinese government.

This includes the University of Nottingham, where I used to study. Shocked to discover that my department was closed down, due to pressure from the Chinese embassy...

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💥Admission that Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN shut its China studies centre because of CCP pressure

💥A pro-CCP ‘United Front figure’ & ex-consultant for the Chinese government recruiting for military research in the UK & given access to 10 Downing Street

How can we erect safeguards against the spread of digital authoritarianism?

Join us for a discussion w/ ASPI's Dr Samantha Hoffman, expert on emerging technologies, & CIPE's Louisa Tomar (she/her) on systems such as artificial intelligence & the Internet of Things (IoT): bit.ly/3SMdtxu

The PRC leverages emerging technologies to undercut democracies’ stability and legitimacy, while expanding its own influence. This edition’s #BigStory is adapted from Dr Samantha Hoffman’s contribution to the new Journal of Democracy book, Defending Democracy in an Age of Sharp Power.

Dr Samantha Hoffman Journal of Democracy EFF A report by DFRLab - @dfrlab.bsky.social’s Kenton Thibaut examines PRC efforts to gain and exert discourse power through a frame of “media convergence.” buff.ly/45VGGcY

Such a treat to be able to chat with Dr Samantha Hoffman a few weeks ago during my trip to Canberra. We talked CCP propaganda, and how to train future analysts to decrypt its mechanisms and narratives. aspistrategist.org.au/policy-guns-an…

Impressive #DSRpanel discussion Defence Connect with David Speers Paul Maddison Mick Ryan, AM & Dr Samantha Hoffman

Coming this summer: 'Defending Democracy in an Age of Sharp Power'-Journal of Democracy book published by Hopkins Press. A stellar group of contributors zero in on the ongoing threat from authoritarian powers, and how democratic societies can respond to the challenge press.jhu.edu/books/title/12…

Meet new NBR nonresident fellow Samantha Hoffman Dr Samantha Hoffman of ASPI and check out the publications she has authored for NBR!
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Four Battlegrounds launches this month (Feb 28)!

Five years in the making, I can’t wait to share it with you.

As a sneak preview, I’m going to share some of my favorite quotes from interviews in the book. [THREAD]
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Contributions on China’s challenge to democracy include: @cooleyoneurasia Jessica Ludwig Alex Dukalskis Samuel Brazys Nadège Rolland Kevin Sheives Professor Anne-Marie Brady FRSNZ Sarah Cook Aynne Kokas Marc Owen Jones Xiao Qiang Dr Samantha Hoffman Danilo Krivokapic Ketty W. Chen

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The InternetLab’s InternetLab Bárbara Simão Bárbara Simão and Blenda Santos lay out Brazil’s exceptional efforts to articulate principles for democratic smart cities and explain how opaque and irregular practices have undercut these norms on the ground.

Roukaya Kasenally of the University of Mauritius investigates the Mauritius Safe City Project. She analyzes surveillance risks; how the project has evaded standard transparency and oversight mechanisms; and the danger of malign foreign influence through digital infrastructure.

In her introductory essay, Beth Kerley Forum @ NED surveys the democracy risks posed by smart cities and considers how participatory models of digitalization can offer an alternative to authoritarian ambitions of predictive governance and mass surveillance.

Smart cities bring emerging technologies to municipalities around the world. But without democratic guardrails, they can undermine privacy, erode good governance norms, and amplify authoritarian influence.

Read the latest report from Forum @ NED: ned.org/smart-cities-a…

“Authoritarian regimes like China have a very clear intent to use technology in ways that undermine civil liberties.”
– Dr Samantha Hoffman, ASPI Senior Analyst

#StruggleForFreedom

George W. Bush Presidential Center Freedom House NEDemocracy I'm especially looking forward to moderating a conversation on Emerging Technology and the Future of Freedom with @JSCarpenter11 Jigsaw, Dr Samantha Hoffman ASPI, and Christopher Walker Forum @ NED NEDemocracy on 10/16 at 1:30 pm Central Time. bushcenter.org/events-and-exh…