Countering Foreign Efforts to Influence US Elections
October 20, 2026
Russia and other adversary governments are increasingly “seeking to influence American voters,” The New York Times reports, citing a new study that tracks digital threats and foreign propaganda campaigns. In an early warning of the emergence of such “weaponized narratives,” Braden R. Allenby in Issues offers a blueprint for how the United States can fight back. This includes a near-term assessment of how “individual psychology, institutional competency, and cultural structure are being affected by information technology,” and a broader effort to ensure that the nation’s institutions and culture “can perform ethically, responsibly, and rationally in a transformed world.”