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.

May 27, 2026

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

Multiple Russian information operations are converging on Armenia in an apparent attempt to influence parliamentary elections on 7 June

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

September 8, 2025

Friedrich Merz targeted by Russian campaigns for Support of Ukraine

Democratic Integrity, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Targeted Threats, Hate and Abuse

Further Reading

August 22, 2023

Katherine Keneally: Threats against public officials likely to rise further in the run-up to November 2024

ISD's Katherine Keneally spoke to The Hill about the rise in threats against public officials, which will likely rise ahead of the 2024 US election.

Democratic Integrity, Terrorism and Extremism

August 20, 2023

Jennie King: Climate change policy in the UK is feeding into “cultural confrontation and identity politics”

ISD’s Jennie King told Euronews how the climate crisis has been weaponised and is now central to culture wars in the UK.

Climate, Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

August 18, 2023

Jared Holt on new images of Trump’s lawyer following Alex Jones around on January 6

ISD’s Jared Holt comments on new CNN evidence placing Trump’s lawyer Kenneth Chesebro at the attempted insurrection on January 6, 2021.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Terrorism and Extremism

July 31, 2023

Julia Ebner: Is it too late to stop democracies from being taken over by conspiratorial thinking?

ISD Senior Resident Research Fellow Julia Ebner wrote an op-ed for The Guardian about how conspiracy thinking has seeped into the mainstream.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Hybrid Extremism and Nihilistic Violence, Information Warfare and Online Manipulation, Terrorism and Extremism, Threat Analysis and Prevention

May 29, 2023

How a local traffic plan in Oxford was weaponised to advance anti-climate narratives

ISD's Jennie King features in Rappler commenting on how protests and conspiracy theories in the English town of Oxford spread globally.

Climate, Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference

May 28, 2023

Disinfo narratives are redundant in Erdogan’s Turkey, “have more reach abroad”

Resident Senior Fellow Rashad Ali speaks to Tagesschau about Turkey’s recent elections, and the spread of disinformation narratives.

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

May 5, 2023

Seditious conspiracy charges against Proud Boys brings a “welcomed chilling effect”

ISD's Katherine Keneally speaks to USA Today about the conviction of the Proud Boys' Henry "Enrique" Tarrio and three other co-defendents.

Democratic Integrity, Far-Right Extremism

May 5, 2023

Seditious conspiracy charges against Proud Boys brings a “welcomed chilling effect”

ISD's Katherine Keneally speaks to USA Today about the conviction of the Proud Boys' Henry "Enrique" Tarrio for seditious conspiracy charges.

Democratic Integrity, Far-Right Extremism, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Terrorism and Extremism

May 4, 2023

Jack Teixeira, the latest US service member to expose the digital ‘blind spot’ in the security clearance process

ISD Senior OSINT Analyst Elise Thomas commenting on the case of a US Air National Guardsman that leaked classified military documents.

Democratic Integrity, Tech Accountability and Safety, Tech Legislation and Regulation

May 1, 2023

Anti-vaxx Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Democratic bid for president

ISD's Aoife Gallagher and Clara Martiny feature in Newsweek's profile on anti-vaxx Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he challenges president Joe Biden.

Democratic Integrity, Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference, Public Health

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