Disinformed Democracy
Exploring the Disinformation about Camp Rukban in Partnership with the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF)
Colette Mazzucelli
An Illustration of "Sharp Power," as Defined by Christopher Walker & Jessica Ludwig
Syrian Refugees
after leaving Camp Rukban
Russia (convergence with PRC and Iran)
spreading disinformation narratives about Camp Rukban
Narratives Revolve Around One Topic
Russia Plays a Leading Role
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (Influential)
Disinformation Spread about Camp Rukban (Local Areas in United States, i.e. Little Rock, Arkansas)
Russia: US is Training "Terrorists" in Rukban
as Fighters for Daesh ("ISIS")
The Assad regime and its Russian allies have increasingly used the camp as an anti-U.S. propaganda tool,
blaming the U.S. presence there for Rukban’s suffering.
SETF Engagement
political advocacy, legal work, humanitarian initiatives
The Voice of Rukban
Syrian Emergency Task Force
Camp Rukban Speaks
"...Thank you for the American base and the American troops existing to protect us..."
Distributed Information Ecosystem
Nodes Designed to Interrupt the Disinformation that Spreads like a Virus Infecting Civil Society Spaces
Strengthen Civil Society and Democratic Resilience in Camp Rukban
Mesh Region - Levels of Analysis [II] (Global Affairs)
“If the State Department and the military [delivers aid to Rukban] as a humanitarian operation I think that would be a huge victory over Iran, Russia, and ISIS in messaging.
It would help civilians, and our own partner forces would be seen in an even more positive light,” Mouaz Moustafa, SETF
