For 20 years, ISD has delivered field-leading threat detection, analysis and real-world strategies to combat terrorism, extremism and authoritarianism - in all their ideological forms.

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

May 27, 2026

All operations on Armenia: Russia’s influence machine targets the vote

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

February 12, 2026

No time to lose: Liberal democracies can win the cognitive and hybrid war against authoritarians

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation

January 13, 2026

Mysterious news source floods Facebook with ads in wake of California redistricting battle

Democratic Integrity, Tech Accountability and Safety

November 28, 2025

Assessment of Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference in the 2025 Czech Parliamentary Election

Democratic Integrity

November 14, 2025

Spoil the vote campaign spreads falsehoods during Irish election

Democratic Integrity, Tech Accountability and Safety

October 31, 2025

Irish Presidential Election 2025: Renewed attacks on election integrity and repeated platform failures

Accountability and Speech Protection, Democratic Integrity

October 30, 2025

From Bucharest to Prague: The spread of the ‘Romanian Scenario’ conspiracy theory in Czechia’s elections

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

September 12, 2025

Czechia: Election Risk Assessment | FIMI Response Team Report

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

Further Reading

December 16, 2019

UK General Election 2019: Digital disruption by the political parties, and the need for new rules (joint paper)

A December 16, 2019 briefing by eight organizations shows current UK digital regulations are inadequate, based on pre-election digital monitoring.

Democratic Integrity, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Tech Legislation and Regulation

October 23, 2018

Guidance for International Youth Engagement in PVE and CVE

This report presents the findings from the YouthCAN UN PVE Survey in order to bridge the gap between policymakers and the need of the youth activists.

Democratic Integrity, Education, Resources, Terrorism and Extremism

July 26, 2016

ISIS and Nusra in Turkey

This report looks at how the Turkish government has sought to deal with the challenges of instability, terrorism and extremism.

Democratic Integrity, Islamist Extremism

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