Scott Fisher

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European Journal of International Security: China, DIME, and innovative deterrence methodology – How authoritarian states react to deterrence activities through information

Abstract: Contemporary deterrence scholarship remains disproportionately focused on military instruments, often neglecting the strategic utility…

Demokratizatsiya: Sentiment Shifts and a New Approach to Strategic Narratives Analysis: Russian Rhetoric on Ukraine

Abstract: How do countries’ strategic narratives (SNs) evolve during conflicts? Are changes in sentiment in…

West Point’s Modern War Institute: Teaching Data Analysis to US Army Soldiers

At an exercise during the summer of 2023, several units in the US Army Reserve…

THE CONVERSATION: Decrying Nazism – even when it’s not there – has been Russia’s ‘Invade country for free’ card

Oleg Morozov, a member of the Russian parliament and an ally of President Vladimir Putin’s,…

FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS: Focusdata: Foreign Policy through Language and Sentiment

Abstract: Countries routinely translate official statements and state media articles from native languages to English.…

New North Korea Databases Added

In response to requests for Korean-language data, we scraped the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)…

UPDATE (June 2021)

We’ve added articles from 2020 (all English-language articles available when the sites were scraped in…

Conflict in the Caucasus: Armenia – Azerbaijan – Russia – Iran – Turkey

Conclusion: Of the three powerbrokers in the region: Russia, Turkey and Iran, two attempt to…

Russia, Freedom House and Reporters Without Borders: How Moscow Attempts to Deflect Criticism of Russia’s Domestic Information Controls

Previous research found that when criticized for censorship, internet controls, or lack of a free…

China MOFA Phrases Wordcloud

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: most common phrases 2000-2019

Please see below for an interactive chart on the most popular phrases used by the…