Democratic Integrity
ISD works to detect threats to democracy and democratic institutions around the world. Recent work includes safeguarding election integrity in the United States, the UK, Germany, Canada, France, Kenya, Australia, Ireland and Poland. Our work informs capacity-building efforts for civil society, briefings for national, state and local authorities, and expert testimony for federal committees on threats to democratic processes.
July 7, 2026
Canada’s local elections face growing foreign interference risks
ISD-US' Managing Director for Transatlantic Policy and Programming David Salvo warns of foreign threats to Canadian elections in The Globe and Mail.
Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation
Further Reading
April 19, 2022
Jiore Craig: “Australia is another petri dish for bad actors to experiment with as they try out tactics to sow distrust in elections”
Democratic Integrity, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation
April 19, 2022
Trumpists coming together behind ‘Dark MAGA’ in preparation for 2024
Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
April 18, 2022
ISD’s Jiore Craig on how voters can stay ahead of “US-exported” disinformation in Australia’s elections
Democratic Integrity, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation
February 27, 2022
Union between antivaxxers and conspiracists will likely outlive the pandemic
Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health
January 19, 2022
Conspiracy Clickbait: This One Weird Trick Will Undermine Democracy
Coordinated Inauthentic Behaviour, Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
December 1, 2021
Kalter Wind von Rechts: Wie rechte Parteien und Akteur:innen die Klimakrise zu ihren Gunsten missbrauchen Eine Analyse über falsche Fakten, Feindbilder und Desinformationsnarrative im Umfeld der Bundestagswahl 2021.
Climate, Democratic Integrity, Far-Right Extremism, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Terrorism and Extremism
December 1, 2021
German elections: ISD finds that right-wing party AfD greatly benefitted from the online climate debate
Anti-Migrant, Antisemitism, Democratic Integrity, Far-Right Extremism
