Montreal Institute for Global Security
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MIGS is an independent and non-partisan think tank working to build democratic resilience to authoritarian threats.
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One hundred children who were kidnapped from a Catholic boarding school in central Nigeria appear to have been freed, according to a Christian group.
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Nigeria rescues 100 children abducted from Catholic school, Christian group says
Nigerian authorities have yet to comment publicly on the rescue, and it was unclear whether the children were freed through negotiations with their captors - or payments to them - or in a security rai...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
One hundred children who were kidnapped from a Catholic boarding school in central Nigeria appear to have been freed, according to a Christian group.
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As sea drones force Russia to retreat, Ukraine examines ways to launch more complex attacks
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As sea drones force Russia to retreat, Ukraine examines ways to launch more complex attacks
A top Ukrainian sea-drone commander says more complex attacks on Russian forces are expected next year as Kyiv’s uncrewed fleet continues to restrict the once-dominant Black Sea navy.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
As sea drones force Russia to retreat, Ukraine examines ways to launch more complex attacks
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Taiwan Ministry of the Interior said it ordered Internet service providers to block access to Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu (RedNote) for a year, citing security risks
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EDITORIAL: Learning from RedNote ban angst - Taipei Times
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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December 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Taiwan Ministry of the Interior said it ordered Internet service providers to block access to Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu (RedNote) for a year, citing security risks
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Chinese-linked hackers used sophisticated malware to penetrate and maintain long-term access to unnamed government and information technology entities, U.S. and Canadian cybersecurity agencies.
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Chinese-linked hackers use back door for potential 'sabotage,' US and Canada say
Chinese-linked hackers used sophisticated malware to penetrate and maintain long-term access to unnamed government and information technology entities, U.S. and Canadian cybersecurity agencies said on...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Chinese-linked hackers used sophisticated malware to penetrate and maintain long-term access to unnamed government and information technology entities, U.S. and Canadian cybersecurity agencies.
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Australia, Canada and India team up for technology future
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Australia, Canada and India team up for technology future | The Strategist
Without careful coordination, the Australia–Canada–India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership risks becoming another partnership that under-delivers on its ambitious objectives. Managed effec...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Australia, Canada and India team up for technology future
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One of Australia’s newest university chiefs once headed a “special zone” licensed to take “unconventional measures” inside a top Chinese military technology university
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December 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
One of Australia’s newest university chiefs once headed a “special zone” licensed to take “unconventional measures” inside a top Chinese military technology university
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China’s global technology and engineering ascendancy continues www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
China now dominates in every technology defining the modern world
China used to be trying to catch the West, specifically the US. Then it caught up. Now the West is trying to catch up to China, but likely can't.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
China’s global technology and engineering ascendancy continues www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Elon Musk’s social media company X was fined 120 million euros by EU tech regulators for breaching EU online content rules www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
X gets $140 million EU fine for breaching content rules but TikTok settles
Elon Musk's social media company X was fined 120 million euros ($140 million) by EU tech regulators on Friday for breaching online content rules, the first sanction under landmark legislation that onc...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Elon Musk’s social media company X was fined 120 million euros by EU tech regulators for breaching EU online content rules www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
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New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:49 PM
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
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Trump appears to be promoting a “revisionist transatlanticism,” where an ultranationalist White House and European nativists “could work to renegotiate the values and interests that unify the US and Europe, and, in the process, dismantle the European project.” s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
WorldView: Mom of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew rejects White House narrative of her ICE arrest
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December 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Trump appears to be promoting a “revisionist transatlanticism,” where an ultranationalist White House and European nativists “could work to renegotiate the values and interests that unify the US and Europe, and, in the process, dismantle the European project.” s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?tra...
‘I’d defend our nation’: Poles prepare for growing threat of war
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‘I’d defend our nation’: Poles prepare for growing threat of war
From digging trenches and building walls, to learning survival skills, Poland is increasingly aware of risks posed by its eastern neighbours
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December 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
‘I’d defend our nation’: Poles prepare for growing threat of war
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A year after fall of Assad, a divided Syria struggles to escape cycle of violence
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A year after fall of Assad, a divided Syria struggles to escape cycle of violence
While country’s return to global stage has filled many Syrians with pride, domestically old grievances threaten efforts to rebuild the state
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December 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A year after fall of Assad, a divided Syria struggles to escape cycle of violence
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“Harmful online speech threatens Kenya's democracy, safety, and civic rights” internetwithoutborders.org/new-internet...
New Internet Without Borders Report: Harmful Online Speech Threatens Kenya's Democracy, Safety, and Civic Rights - Internet Sans Frontières
Internet Without Borders releases groundbreaking report, "Voices at Risk: Moderating Without Stifling, Protecting Without Censoring in Kenya".
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December 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“Harmful online speech threatens Kenya's democracy, safety, and civic rights” internetwithoutborders.org/new-internet...
“This fear, everyone is feeling it”: Tech-facilitated violence against young activists in Kenya www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
Kenya: “This fear, everyone is feeling it”: Tech-facilitated violence against young activists in Kenya - Amnesty International
Through desk research, social media analysis and in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with young human rights defenders (HRDs) and expert observers, the report examines the links between di...
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December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“This fear, everyone is feeling it”: Tech-facilitated violence against young activists in Kenya www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
War profiteers: online ads and the machinery of propaganda for war. @accessnow.org
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December 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
War profiteers: online ads and the machinery of propaganda for war. @accessnow.org
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Taiwan’s interior ministry said on Thursday it would suspend access to Instagram-like Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu for one year, citing security risks and its alleged involvement in over 1,700 fraud cases since 2024 www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Taiwan to ban China's Xiaohongshu app for one year on fraud concerns
Taiwan's interior ministry said on Thursday it would suspend access to Instagram-like Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu for one year, citing security risks and its alleged involvement in over ...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Taiwan’s interior ministry said on Thursday it would suspend access to Instagram-like Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu for one year, citing security risks and its alleged involvement in over 1,700 fraud cases since 2024 www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
Russia has blocked Apple’s video-calling app FaceTime, the state communications watchdog said on Thursday, as part of an accelerating clampdown on foreign tech platforms that authorities allege are being used for criminal activity. www.reuters.com/business/ret...
Russia blocks Apple's FaceTime in mounting push against foreign tech platforms
Russia has blocked Apple's video-calling app FaceTime, the state communications watchdog said on Thursday, as part of an accelerating clampdown on foreign tech platforms that authorities allege are be...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Russia has blocked Apple’s video-calling app FaceTime, the state communications watchdog said on Thursday, as part of an accelerating clampdown on foreign tech platforms that authorities allege are being used for criminal activity. www.reuters.com/business/ret...
No cash, no bullets, no say: A 10-point memo for Europe on Ukraine
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No cash, no bullets, no say: A 10-point memo for Europe on Ukraine
Without sufficient money and weapons, Europeans will be unable to convert their talking points into a sustainable peace.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
No cash, no bullets, no say: A 10-point memo for Europe on Ukraine
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"The plenum’s core motif—intensifying political turbulence and policy continuity—will likely be a chief feature of Xi’s expected fourth term beginning in 2027." www.brookings.edu/articles/ass...
Assessing China’s Fourth Plenum: Policy continuity, personnel turmoil | Brookings
China’s recently concluded Fourth Plenum juxtaposed extensive purges and personnel turnover with policy continuity.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"The plenum’s core motif—intensifying political turbulence and policy continuity—will likely be a chief feature of Xi’s expected fourth term beginning in 2027." www.brookings.edu/articles/ass...
"The “Washington Accords” aim to halt years of fighting in eastern DR Congo, a region rich in gold, tin, tungsten, tantalum, and other minerals critical to global electronics and clean-energy industries." @yinka.bsky.social
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🟡 Semafor Africa: ‘Make a lot of money’ | Semafor
In this edition: The DRC-Rwanda peace deal, Africa’s debt outlook, and Safaricom’s ownership shakeup.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"The “Washington Accords” aim to halt years of fighting in eastern DR Congo, a region rich in gold, tin, tungsten, tantalum, and other minerals critical to global electronics and clean-energy industries." @yinka.bsky.social
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AI chatbots can sway voters better than political advertisements
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AI chatbots can sway voters better than political advertisements
A conversation with a chatbot can shift people's political views—but the most persuasive models also spread the most misinformation.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
AI chatbots can sway voters better than political advertisements
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Assessment of Foreign Information Manipulation and
Interference in the 2025 Czech Parliamentary Election fimi-isac.org/wp-content/u... @globsec.bsky.social
Interference in the 2025 Czech Parliamentary Election fimi-isac.org/wp-content/u... @globsec.bsky.social
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December 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Assessment of Foreign Information Manipulation and
Interference in the 2025 Czech Parliamentary Election fimi-isac.org/wp-content/u... @globsec.bsky.social
Interference in the 2025 Czech Parliamentary Election fimi-isac.org/wp-content/u... @globsec.bsky.social
The rise of the disinformation-for-hire industry
"Authoritarian states are now actively trying to externalise information operations to private intermediaries, while shielding themselves from diplomatic and legal consequences."
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"Authoritarian states are now actively trying to externalise information operations to private intermediaries, while shielding themselves from diplomatic and legal consequences."
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The rise of the disinformation-for-hire industry
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December 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The rise of the disinformation-for-hire industry
"Authoritarian states are now actively trying to externalise information operations to private intermediaries, while shielding themselves from diplomatic and legal consequences."
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"Authoritarian states are now actively trying to externalise information operations to private intermediaries, while shielding themselves from diplomatic and legal consequences."
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How three Uyghur brothers fled China – to spend 12 years in an Indian prison
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How three Uyghur brothers fled China – to spend 12 years in an Indian prison
Arrested in 2013 on India’s Himalayan border after fleeing Beijing’s ‘genocide’ against Muslims in Xinjiang, the siblings have been imprisoned indefinitely ever since then
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December 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
How three Uyghur brothers fled China – to spend 12 years in an Indian prison
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Une youtubeuse québécoise harcelée par Pékin
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Une Youtubeuse québécoise harcelée par Pékin
Le gouvernement chinois a fait circuler de fausses images sexuellement explicites de Yao Zhang qui critique le régime sur sa chaîne YouTube.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Une youtubeuse québécoise harcelée par Pékin
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