Executive Summary

The ongoing dismantling of US counter-influence programs will likely increase the country’s vulnerability to foreign influence operations, while increasing domestic political polarisation and weakening democratic institutions. In recent months, the new US administration has reduced the programs and entities dedicated to identifying and counteracting foreign adversaries’ longstanding influence programs by monitoring and identifying propaganda and agitprop. Therefore, these actions have raised doubts about the future capabilities of the US to identify and reduce future foreign threats on the information battleground.