Director of the Brennan Center for Justice Washington Office and CGES professor Spencer Boyer discusses the issue of Russian influence in the West, online disinformation, as well as his career in transatlantic relations. With expert commentary from Institute for the Study of Diplomacy State Department fellow Sharlina Hussain-Morgan.

Recommendations:

Spencer Boyer - William Drozdiak, Fractured Continent

Sharlina Hussain-Morgan - The Great Hack, and the work of Guardian journalist Carole Cadwalladr: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/carolecadwalladr

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Russian Influence and Information Warfare