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From the center for strategic and International Studies this is just under 45 minutes. Welcome to csis online event. Today were going to be talking about russian influence in the United Kingdom. This is part of a broader report that csis just produced that looks how to counter russian and chinese influence. So last thursday we held a conversation with former australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that looked at chinese influence in australia. Part of the report examined japan and australia and how chinese influence works there. Todays conversation is to look at how russian influence works in the United Kingdom. As part of that broader work we also looked at germany. The reason Malcolm Turnbull was so important is because we use his framing of influence activities. We looked at covert, coercive and corrupting influence factors. Many reports have certainly examined the supply of influence activities, but very few look at the demand side. How democracies use and accept these influence
Maria is there with more. What do we know so far . It seems like they are going to be talking on the 750 billion euros stimulus. Is that rhetoric . Maria it is unclear whether we get a deal. We do know european leaders have been stuck in a room was 10 hours debating what to do with his Recovery Fund. It is clear there are three major sticking points. One has to do with the size of the Recovery Fund, how big it is going to be. Euros wouldbillion be granted as grants to countries in Southern Europe that have been badly hit by the coronavirus. That could change during the weekend. There is an issue with the format, how much this money will be in terms of grants and how much will be a typical bailout just cash for reforms. Secondly, this is becoming a major thing, the governments. Who is going to make sure a country like italy after they get this money, who is going to make sure they use it for reforms . For a country like the netherlands, for the dutch Prime Minister to whom i spoke to in
Japan and australia and how chinese influence works there. Todays conversation is to look at how russian influence works in the United Kingdom. As part of that broader work, we also looked at germany. The reason that Malcolm Turnbull was so important is because we used his framing of influence activities. We looked at covert, coercive, and corrupting influence factors. Many reports have certainly examined the supply of influence activities, but very few look at the demandside, how democracies use and accept these influence activities. So our report focused much more on the demand, how do democratic governments and societies internalize that influence activities. This report was made possible by the state Departments Global Engagement Center through the Information Access fund. Were grateful of course for the support but these are the authors and not of the state department views. If i may, let me briefly go over some of the key findings from this report. Russia and china certainly have
Influence, so last thursday we held a conversation with former australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that look at chinese influence in australia. Part of the report examined japan and australia and chinese influence works there. Todays conversation is to look at how russian influence works in the United Kingdom. As part of a broader work we also look at germany. The reason Malcolm Turnbull was so important is because we used his framing of influence activities. We looked at covert, coercive and corrupting influence factors. Many reports have examined the supply of influence activities, but very few look at the demandside, how democracies use and accept these influence activities. So our report focused much more on the demand come have democratic governments and ci activities. This report was made possible by the state Department Global Engagement Center to the Information Access fund, and administered by the were grateful of course for the support but these are the authors and not