Center for a New American Security 2017 Annual Conference - Washington, DC June 2017

June 28, 2017

Annual Conference Transcript Welcoming Remarks

Michèle Flournoy, Co-Founder and CEO

Center for a New American Security

JaRel Clay, Digital Content Manager Center for a New American Security

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MICHÈLE FLOURNOY: Good morning, everyone. I’d like to encourage you to take your seats please. So welcome. Welcome to CNAS’s 11th annual conference on national security. I’m so glad to see so many of my colleagues and friends here, old and new, to join us today to discuss and debate the most consequential national security issues we’re facing as a nation. 

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Atlantic Council - Washington, DC June 2017

On June 29, the Atlantic Council and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung will host a high level conference in DC featuring  panels on the threat of Russian influence in Europe, the next frontier in digital disinformation, and how to strike back.

International media coverage of “fake news” in the 2016 US presidential election has dramatically increased international attention on the role of digital disinformation in elections. While attention has focused on the influence of Russia’s propaganda efforts in the US and Europe, the problem is much broader. Disinformation is a global challenge that will require new coalitions, tools, and strategies to address it.   Read more ...