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The center for strategic and International Studies hosted this event. Hi, everyone, and welcome to this discussion on disinformation and Political Warfare in the age of covid19. I have two outstanding experts. Thomas, the author of an outstanding book i would strongly encourage you to buy it. Active measures, the secret history of disinformation and Political Warfare. And then heather connolly, shes the Senior Vice President for europe, you a eurasian and the at csis. Director of the Europe Program and author of two outstanding studies on aspects of what were going to talk b about today. Kremlin playbook and kremlin play pa playbook, two. Please, if you have, questions, go on to the link for this and you can ask questions. Well talk as a group for about 20 to 25 minutes. Theres a component on the link where you can ask questions, so please do that. Im seth jones. The harold brown chair and director of the transnational threats project. So lets get into first the Current Situation with
Outstanding studies on access to what we are going to talk about today. Please, if you have questions no onto the link for this. And you can ask questions and we will talk as a group for about 20 25 minutes and then we will go to your questions. Is a component on the link where you can ask questions. So please do that. I am the chair and director of the Trans National press project. So lets get into first, the Current Situation with information and disinformation and then were going to get into a little bit of history critically playing off of thomases recent book active measures and then will of the future hiring so will start with the present and move too fast and then get into the future. Thomas, when we start with you. As we look at her as you look at russian and chinese in the u. S. Activities today, how would you characterize what is going on around covid19. Thomas is a tough question. Because what we see certainly, is politicians and top officials from china and frankly also fro
Hospitals coming out with a live update on whats happening here in russia with a correspondent in just a few minutes. Hello there good morning thanks for company this monday life martys world view center here in moscow im kevin irwin with a 30 minute round up for you as it stands today and lets begin with the latest global infection figures since the outbreak of the new virus last december theres been more than 3500000 registered cases around the world the number of deaths is heading towards a quarter of a 1000000 but on a more positive note more than 1100000 people have recovered so far. So todays other developments the u. S. Is again trying to keep the focus well and truly on china with the u. S. Secretary of state saying that enormous evidence that the outbreak started with a leak from a lab in that that in contradiction to the United States own Intelligence Community says that assertion is far from certain have you seen anything that gives you high confidence that it originated in
Attention how much going online and sorbs. Because im one of the trust i was wacky was encouraging us to greet you and gave a quick man. As moscow sees a significant rise in new cases to visit to a truck sions now been turned into a field hospitals. Pandemic. Underway here in russia. So lets talk about hi there thanks to come to this monday live from martys World News Center in moscow is kevin though in here with a 30 minute round up for you as it stands today begin with the latest a global infection figures since the outbreak of the new virus last december theres been more than 3500000 registered cases the number of deaths is heading towards a quarter of a 1000000 but on a more positive note small the 1100000 people have so far recovered 2. You. In other developments to brief you on the u. S. Is again trying to keep the focus well and truly on china with the u. S. Secretary of state saying that theres enormous evidence that the outbreak started with a leak from a lab in wuhan thats in