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Format Changes Pending, Holiday Pause - Global Influence Operations Report The GIOR edi­tors are in the midst of prepar­ing a for­mat change that we expect to intro­duce after the New Year. While that work is under­way, pub­li­ca­tion will pause for the hol­i­day peri­od. We will share more details once the new for­mat is finalized.   We wish our read­ers all the best for the hol­i­days […]

Format Changes Pending, Holiday Pause


The GIOR editors are in the midst of preparing a format change that we expect to introduce after the New Year. While that work is underway, publication will pause for the holiday period.
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Putin Launches RT India Spreading "West Versus Rest" Narrative - Global Influence Operations Report Vladimir Putin has per­son­al­ly launched RT India, spread­ing the ” West ver­sus rest nar­ra­tive with anti-colo­nial rhetoric. On 9 Decem­ber 2025, The Con­ver­sa­tion report­ed that a new Krem­lin-fund­ed broad­cast­er frames con­tem­po­rary Russ­ian for­eign pol­i­cy as a con­tin­u­a­tion of Sovi­et anti-impe­ri­al­ist engage­ment, accus­ing the “col­lec­tive west” of neo­colo­nial inten­tions while advo­cat­ing for a mul­ti­po­lar “de-west­ern­ised” inter­na­tion­al […]

Putin Launches RT India Spreading "West Versus Rest" Narrative


Vladimir Putin has personally launched RT India, spreading the " West versus rest narrative with anti-colonial rhetoric.
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Trump Security Strategy Declares European 'Civilizational Erasure" - Global Influence Operations Report The Trump admin­is­tra­tion’s Nation­al Secu­ri­ty Strat­e­gy declares Europe faces civ­i­liza­tion­al era­sure. On 12 Decem­ber 2025, The Tele­graph report­ed that a 33-page secu­ri­ty plan paint­ed an exco­ri­at­ing pic­ture of Europe in ter­mi­nal decline, ruled by weak, cor­rupt elites, warn­ing the con­ti­nent will be “unrec­og­niz­able in 20 years or less” if present trends con­tin­ue, while herald­ing patri­ot­ic […]

Trump Security Strategy Declares European 'Civilizational Erasure"


The Trump administration's National Security Strategy declares Europe faces civilizational erasure.
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Israeli Foreign Ministry Claims X’s New Location Feature Unmasked pro-Hamas Network - Global Influence Operations Report Social net­work X’s new user loca­tion fea­ture unmasked a vast pro-Hamas dis­in­for­ma­tion net­work, the Israeli For­eign Min­istry has claimed. On 24 Novem­ber 2025, the Pitts­burgh Jew­ish Chron­i­cle, repub­lish­ing Jew­ish News Syn­di­cate (JNS), report­ed that a new trans­paren­cy tool on X had revealed that many sup­posed pro-Hamas Gaza eye­wit­ness accounts were actu­al­ly oper­at­ed from coun­tries world­wide, […]

Israeli Foreign Ministry Claims X’s New Location Feature Unmasked pro-Hamas Network


Social network X’s new user location feature unmasked a vast pro-Hamas disinformation network, the Israeli Foreign Ministry has claimed.
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Leaked Trump Strategy Calls for Pulling Italy Hungary Poland Austria Out of EU - Global Influence Operations Report A leaked Trump Nation­al Secu­ri­ty Strat­e­gy doc­u­ment report­ed­ly calls for pulling four coun­tries from the Euro­pean Union. On 11 Decem­ber 2025, Yahoo News report­ed that a longer ver­sion of the strat­e­gy cir­cu­lat­ed before White House unclas­si­fied 29-page doc­u­ment lists Italy, Hun­gary, Poland, and Aus­tria as coun­tries the US should work with “the goal of pulling […]

Leaked Trump Strategy Calls for Pulling Italy Hungary Poland Austria Out of EU


A leaked Trump National Security Strategy document reportedly calls for pulling four countries from the European Union.
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Trump Will Lead 'Revolutionary' European Regime Change, Says Orbán's Political Director - Global Influence Operations Report Bal­azs Orbán, Vik­tor Orbán’s polit­i­cal direc­tor (no rela­tion), says US Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump will lead a rev­o­lu­tion in Europe, requir­ing regime change in Brus­sels. On 12 Decem­ber 2025, The Times report­ed that Vik­tor Orbán’s chief strate­gist declared “Europe is going down” and cel­e­brat­ed Trump’s Nation­al Secu­ri­ty Strat­e­gy as “the most impor­tant and most inter­est­ing doc­u­ment” […]

Trump Will Lead 'Revolutionary' European Regime Change, Says Orbán's Political Director


Balazs Orbán, Viktor Orbán's political director (no relation), says US President Donald Trump will lead a revolution in Europe, requiring regime change in Brussels.
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Trump Will Lead 'Revolutionary' European Regime Change, Says Orbán's Political Director - Global Influence Operations Report Bal­azs Orbán, Vik­tor Orbán’s polit­i­cal direc­tor (no rela­tion), says US Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump will lead a rev­o­lu­tion in Europe, requir­ing regime change in Brus­sels. On 12 Decem­ber 2025, The Times report­ed that Vik­tor Orbán’s chief strate­gist declared “Europe is going down” and cel­e­brat­ed Trump’s Nation­al Secu­ri­ty Strat­e­gy as “the most impor­tant and most inter­est­ing doc­u­ment” […]

Trump Will Lead 'Revolutionary' European Regime Change, Says Orbán's Political Director


Balazs Orbán, Viktor Orbán's political director (no relation), says US President Donald Trump will lead a revolution in Europe, requiring regime change in Brussels.
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Trial Exposes China's United Front Operations in New York - Global Influence Operations Report Lin­da Sun’s tri­al expos­es the Chi­nese Unit­ed Front Work Depart­men­t’s influ­ence oper­a­tions tar­get­ing the New York state gov­ern­ment. On 5 Decem­ber 2025, The Wash­ing­ton Times report­ed that a for­mer aide to gov­er­nors Cuo­mo and Hochul faces over 30 fed­er­al charges, includ­ing oper­at­ing as an ille­gal Chi­nese agent, with evi­dence show­ing the defen­dant bragged Hochul was […]

Trial Exposes China's United Front Operations in New York


Linda Sun's trial exposes the Chinese United Front Work Department's influence operations targeting the New York state government.
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US Democratic Decline During Trump 2nd Term - Global Influence Operations Report For­eign Affairs has pub­lished a major analy­sis of the US demo­c­ra­t­ic decline dur­ing Trump’s sec­ond term. On 11 Decem­ber 2025, For­eign Affairs report­ed that the Trump admin­is­tra­tion weaponized the Jus­tice Depart­ment and the FBI, launch­ing inves­ti­ga­tions into dozens of polit­i­cal oppo­nents while trans­form­ing the US into a com­pet­i­tive author­i­tar­i­an sys­tem. The arti­cle begins: When Don­ald […]

US Democratic Decline During Trump 2nd Term


Foreign Affairs has published a major analysis of the US democratic decline during Trump's second term.
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Romania Presidential Election Annulled Over Russian Interference - Global Influence Operations Report Roma­ni­a’s Con­sti­tu­tion­al Court annulled the first round of the pres­i­den­tial elec­tion due to exten­sive Russ­ian inter­fer­ence. On 9 Decem­ber 2025, the Insti­tute of Inter­na­tion­al and Euro­pean Affairs report­ed that Roma­ni­a’s court annulled the Novem­ber 2024 results after inves­ti­ga­tions uncov­ered over 85,000 cyber­at­tacks against Roman­ian elec­toral infra­struc­ture and mas­sive Tik­Tok manip­u­la­tion. The arti­cle begins: Roma­ni­a’s most […]

Romania Presidential Election Annulled Over Russian Interference


Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the first round of the presidential election due to extensive Russian interference.
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Russian Propaganda Operations in Latin America Russ­ian pro­pa­gan­da oper­a­tions are expand­ing in Latin Amer­i­ca through RT work­shops and covert cam­paigns. On 10 Decem­ber 2025, The Ful­crum report­ed that the RT Com­paRTe ini­tia­tive held train­ing events in at least eight Latin Amer­i­can coun­tries, train­ing over 1,000 jour­nal­ists, while the US Depart­ment of Jus­tice seized domains linked to the Dop­pel­gänger oper­a­tion. The arti­cle […]

Russian Propaganda Expands in Latin America WIth RT Workshops


Russian propaganda operations are expanding in Latin America through RT workshops and covert campaigns.
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Florida DeSantis Designates CAIR/Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorist Organizations - Global Influence Operations Report Flori­da Gov­er­nor Ron DeSan­tis has des­ig­nat­ed CAIR and the Mus­lim Broth­er­hood as for­eign ter­ror­ist orga­ni­za­tions. On 9 Decem­ber 2025, The Hill report­ed that DeSan­tis issued an exec­u­tive order titled Pro­tect­ing Florid­i­ans from Rad­i­cal Islam­ic Ter­ror­ist Orga­ni­za­tions fol­low­ing Tex­as­’s sim­i­lar step last month. The arti­cle begins: Flori­da Gov. Ron DeSan­tis ® on Mon­day des­ig­nat­ed the Coun­cil […]

Florida Governor Designates CAIR/Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorist Organizations


Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has designated CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations.
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UK Sanctions Russian World Ideologist Aleksandr Dugin - Global Influence Operations Report The Unit­ed King­dom has sanc­tioned Alek­san­dr Dug­in, ide­ol­o­gist of the Russ­ian world con­cept. On 9 Decem­ber 2025, RBC Ukraine report­ed that the UK imposed sanc­tions on sev­en Russ­ian indi­vid­u­als and enti­ties, includ­ing Dug­in and the Cen­ter for Geopo­lit­i­cal Exper­tise, which he found­ed. The arti­cle begins: On Tues­day, Decem­ber 9, the Unit­ed King­dom imposed sanc­tions on […]

UK Sanctions Russian World Ideologist Aleksandr Dugin


The United Kingdom has sanctioned Aleksandr Dugin, ideologist of the Russian world concept.
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Axing CNN Hosts Discussed with White House in Warner Bros Takeover Bid - Global Influence Operations Report Lar­ry Elli­son dis­cussed CNN pro­gram­ming changes with White House offi­cials dur­ing the Warn­er Bros Dis­cov­ery takeover bid. On 20 Novem­ber 2025, The Guardian report­ed that Elli­son, the largest share­hold­er of Para­mount, engaged in dia­logue about pos­si­bly axing CNN hosts includ­ing Erin Bur­nett and Bri­an­na Keilar, whom Trump loathes. The arti­cle begins: Senior White House offi­cials […]

Axing CNN Hosts Discussed with White House in Warner Bros Takeover Bid


Larry Ellison discussed CNN programming changes with White House officials during the Warner Bros Discovery takeover bid.
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Trump Strategy Document Supports European Far-Right Parties - Global Influence Operations Report The Trump admin­is­tra­tion has released the Nation­al Secu­ri­ty Strat­e­gy, explic­it­ly sup­port­ing far-right nation­al­ist par­ties in Europe. On 5 Decem­ber 2025, The Guardian report­ed that a doc­u­ment signed by Trump states Europe faces civil­i­sa­tion­al era­sure with­in two decades, call­ing for the US to cul­ti­vate resis­tance with­in Euro­pean nations. The arti­cle begins: Don­ald Trump’s admin­is­tra­tion has said […]

Trump Strategy Document Supports European Far-Right Parties


The Trump administration has released the National Security Strategy, explicitly supporting far-right nationalist parties in Europe.
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GIOR REPORT:The Gaza Information Trap: How Hamas Coercion Shapes What the West Knows. - Global Influence Operations Report The Glob­al Influ­ence Oper­a­tions Report (GIOR) has pub­lished a new report titled “The Gaza Infor­ma­tion Trap: How Hamas Coer­cion Shapes What the West Knows.” Accord­ing to the report synopsis: Between 2018 and 2022, Hamas built a coer­cive sys­tem that fil­tered human­i­tar­i­an data at its source, intim­i­dat­ed jour­nal­ists and civ­il soci­ety, and con­strained UN staff, cre­at­ing […]

GIOR REPORT: The Gaza Information Trap: How Hamas Coercion Shapes What the West Knows.
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Czech Populist Babiš Returns to Power with Far-Right Coalition - Global Influence Operations Report Andrej Babiš’s ANO move­ment has returned to pow­er in the Czech elec­tions, form­ing a coali­tion with right-wing par­ties. On 4 Decem­ber 2025, the For­eign Pol­i­cy Research Insti­tute report­ed that ANO received 34.5 per­cent in the Octo­ber 2025 par­lia­men­tary elec­tions, form­ing a gov­ern­ment with the SPD, Free­dom and Direct Democ­ra­cy, and the Motorists par­ty. The arti­cle […]

Czech Populist Babiš Returns to Power with Far-Right Coalition


Andrej Babiš's ANO movement has returned to power in the Czech elections, forming a coalition with right-wing parties.
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Farage Reform UK Targets "Reverse Takeover" Conservative Party - Global Influence Operations Report Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is pur­su­ing a reverse takeover strat­e­gy of the Con­ser­v­a­tive Par­ty. On 3 Decem­ber 2025, The Guardian report­ed that Farage stat­ed there would be no deals, just a reverse takeover, with a deal cost­ing votes, as Reform has accept­ed more than 21 cur­rent and for­mer Tory MPs. The arti­cle begins: Nigel Farage […]

Farage Reform UK Targets "Reverse Takeover" Conservative Party


Nigel Farage's Reform UK is pursuing a reverse takeover strategy of the Conservative Party.
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On AI Images - Global Influence Operations Report We’ve received a few ques­tions about why we use AI-gen­er­at­ed images, so we want to clar­i­fy our approach. Licens­ing pho­tographs from major agen­cies is far beyond our bud­get, and using copy­right­ed images with­out per­mis­sion would be ille­gal. Our AI-gen­er­at­ed images are always clear­ly dis­closed and exist sole­ly to illus­trate the themes of each post—they nev­er […]

On AI Images


We’ve received a few questions about why we use AI-generated images, so we want to clarify our approach. Licensing photographs from major agencies is far beyond our budget, and using copyrighted images without permission would be illegal.
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Orban-Linked Conference Targets EU Corruption Scandals - Global Influence Operations Report The Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) is central to National Conservative activity in Hungary, fostering discussions on corruption scandals linked to Orban.

Orban-Linked Conference Targets EU Corruption Scandals


Right-wing populists are capitalizing on EU corruption scandals at the Battle for the Soul of Europe conference.
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State Supreme Court Justice Joins ISNA Annual Convention - Global Influence Operations Report The 2025 ISNA Annu­al Con­ven­tion attract­ed thou­sands of par­tic­i­pants to the Don­ald E. Stephens Con­ven­tion Cen­ter in Rose­mont, Illi­nois. On 29 August 2025, Patch report­ed that the 62nd Islam­ic Soci­ety of North Amer­i­ca con­ven­tion had been inau­gu­rat­ed by around 50 elect­ed offi­cials and com­mu­ni­ty lead­ers, fol­lowed by Fri­day prayer. The annu­al con­fer­ence is con­sid­ered by […]

State Supreme Court Justice Joins ISNA Annual Convention


The 2025 ISNA Annual Convention attracted thousands of participants to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.
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AMP Condemns Texas Governor's CAIR Designation - Global Influence Operations Report The  Amer­i­can Mus­lims for Pales­tine (AMP) has pub­lished a state­ment con­demn­ing Texas Gov­er­nor Abbot­t’s recent des­ig­na­tion of the Coun­cil on Amer­i­can-Islam­ic Rela­tions (CAIR), describ­ing the move as “reck­less” and an “egre­gious abuse of pow­er.” The state­ment begins: Amer­i­can Mus­lims for Pales­tine (AMP) unequiv­o­cal­ly con­demns the reck­less and base­less deci­sion by Texas Gov­er­nor Greg Abbott to des­ig­nate […]

AMP Condemns Texas Governor's CAIR Designation


The  American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) has published a statement condemning Texas Governor Abbott's recent designation of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR),
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American Muslims for Palestine Director Says Holocaust Museums are "False Propaganda" - Global Influence Operations Report In a recent inter­view, Osama Abu Irshaid, nation­al direc­tor of Amer­i­can Mus­lims for Pales­tine (AMP), called Holo­caust muse­ums “false pro­pa­gan­da.” On 24 Novem­ber 2025, The Jerusalem Post report­ed that Abu Irshaid alleged they were used to black­mail the world. He fur­ther stat­ed that Jews had a “monop­oly on the vic­tim men­tal­i­ty” and called for a […]

American Muslims for Palestine Director Says Holocaust Museums are "False Propaganda"


In a recent interview, Osama Abu Irshaid, national director of American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), called Holocaust museums "false propaganda."
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Turkey Uses Diyanet Religious Institution for Influence Operations - Global Influence Operations Report Turkey is using the Diyanet reli­gious insti­tu­tion for influ­ence oper­a­tions with dra­mat­i­cal­ly increased fund­ing. On 2 Decem­ber 2025, Eurasian Times report­ed that the Turk­ish Direc­torate of Reli­gious Affairs now offi­cial­ly plays an active role in pur­su­ing the coun­try’s for­eign pol­i­cy, with the bud­get increas­ing from $1.3 bil­lion to $3.18 bil­lion in 2023. The arti­cle begins: […]

Turkey Uses Diyanet Religious Institution for Influence Operations


Turkey is using the Diyanet religious institution for influence operations with dramatically increased funding.
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Documents Reveal Turkey's Secret Intelligence Unit Operating from Dutch Embassy - Global Influence Operations Report Turkey has estab­lished a secret intel­li­gence unit inside its embassy in The Hague to gath­er infor­ma­tion on dis­si­dents across Europe. On 27 Novem­ber 2025, Nordic Mon­i­tor report­ed that clas­si­fied doc­u­ments revealed that the embassy cell oper­ates under Ambas­sador Fat­ma Ceren Yaz­gan, a long-time MIT oper­a­tive, and that intel­li­gence is trans­mit­ted to Turk­ish domes­tic secu­ri­ty agen­cies. […]

Documents Reveal Turkey's Secret Intelligence Unit Operating from Dutch Embassy


Turkey has established a secret intelligence unit inside its embassy in The Hague to gather information on dissidents across Europe.
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China Shifts to Overt Disinformation Operations Against Japan - Global Influence Operations Report Chi­na is shift­ing to overt dis­in­for­ma­tion oper­a­tions against Japan using state-linked chan­nels. On 28 Novem­ber 2025, ASPI and Japan Nexus Intel­li­gence report­ed that Chi­nese state media and diplo­mat­ic social media accounts inten­si­fied efforts to erode Japan’s stand­ing as an Indo-Pacif­ic defence part­ner. The arti­cle begins: Chi­nese state media and diplo­mat­ic social media accounts inten­si­fied efforts […]

China Shifts to Overt Disinformation Operations Against Japan


China is shifting to overt disinformation operations against Japan using state-linked channels.
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Pro-Kremlin Bloc Doubles in European Parliament - Global Influence Operations Report A pro-Krem­lin bloc in the Euro­pean Par­lia­ment has near­ly dou­bled in size. On 26 Novem­ber 2025, Novaya Gaze­ta Europe report­ed that around 84 deputies now rou­tine­ly vote against Rus­sia-crit­i­cal res­o­lu­tions, with a fur­ther 62 abstain­ing, com­pared to 40 oppos­ing in the pre­vi­ous par­lia­ment. The arti­cle begins: The new Euro­pean Par­lia­ment, elect­ed in June 2024, has […]

Pro-Kremlin Bloc Doubles in European Parliament


A pro-Kremlin bloc in the European Parliament has nearly doubled in size.
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CLAIM Allianz Regroups After German Government Says Several Members under Surveillance - Global Influence Operations Report Ger­man anti-Islam­o­pho­bia NGO Claim Allianz, which has faced polit­i­cal and media scruti­ny over its mem­bers’ Islamist ties, has trans­formed its legal sta­tus into a non-prof­it com­pa­ny with lim­it­ed lia­bil­i­ty. On 19 Novem­ber 2025, CLAIM offi­cial­ly announced the dis­so­lu­tion of the CLAIM Alliance and the con­tin­u­a­tion of its mis­sion through the devel­op­ment of CLAIM gGmbH, empha­siz­ing […]

CLAIM Allianz Regroups After German Government Says Several Members under Surveillance


German anti-Islamophobia NGO Claim Allianz, which has faced political and media scrutiny over its members' Islamist ties, has transformed its legal status into a
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Trump Orders Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Review - Global Influence Operations Report US Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump has signed an exec­u­tive order direct­ing a ter­ror­ist des­ig­na­tion review for spe­cif­ic Mus­lim Broth­er­hood chap­ters. On 25 Novem­ber 2025, Fox News report­ed that the order signed on 24 Novem­ber launch­es the first for­mal review of Broth­er­hood branch­es in Egypt, Jor­dan, and Lebanon under US des­ig­na­tion laws. The arti­cle begins: Pres­i­dent Don­ald […]

Trump Orders Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Review


US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing a terrorist designation review for specific Muslim Brotherhood chapters.
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Implications of the Presidential Directive to Review “Muslim Brotherhood Chapters” for Possible FTO Designation - Global Influence Operations Report Executive Summary The pres­i­den­tial direc­tive to review “Mus­lim Broth­er­hood chap­ters in the Mid­dle East” cre­ates imme­di­ate ambi­gu­i­ty, as the procla­ma­tion describes the Broth­er­hood as a transna­tion­al move­ment with var­ied struc­tures. Mid­dle East­ern chap­ters are for­mal orga­ni­za­tions, while West­ern Mus­lim Broth­er­hood-linked networks—the Glob­al Mus­lim Brotherhood—are legal­ly sep­a­rate but con­nect­ed through ide­ol­o­gy and per­son­al ties. U. S. […]

Implications of the Presidential Directive to Review “Muslim Brotherhood Chapters” for Possible FTO Designation


Executive Summary
The presidential directive to review “Muslim Brotherhood chapters in the Middle East” creates immediate ambiguity, as the
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