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Fake news is not new, and this issue poses an even greater
challenge now. The speed of information has increased drastically
with messages now spreading internationally within seconds online.
With countless photographs, opinions, and hours of video published
online every falsehoods proliferate rapidly. Readers are
overwhelmed by the flood of information, but older markers of
veracity (respected publications, official sources) have not kept
up, nor has there been a commensurate growth in the ability to
counter false or fake news. In many cases, staid publications of
record such as newspapers have been eclipsed by new, visually
attractive, and sometimes false, sources of information. All this
has given an opportunity to those seeking to destabilize a state or
to push their perspectives to the fore. Modern disinformation
operations only need free Twitter or Facebook accounts or access to
platforms such as WhatsApp or Telegram.DRUMS: Distortions, Rumours,
Untruths, Misinformation and Smears deals with the appeal of DRUMS,
the ways DRUMS is employed, and measures to counter it. Organized
in three sections - (i) Cognitive Predispositions and DRUMS, (ii)
The Employment of DRUMS, and (iii) Countering DRUMS - this book
offers a holistic discussion through the different specializations
and different experiences of its academic, think-tanker, or policy
practitioner contributors. DRUMS: Distortions, Rumours, Untruths,
Misinformation and Smears aims to serve those new the topic or
subject matter specialists seeking to widen their knowledge on
other elements of the issue.
This book is the definitive volume on the history of chess in
Singapore. Covering 1945-1990, it covers the post-war emergence of
a truly 'local' chess scene out of the colonial period, then taking
the story up to the modern era. Contained within these pages are
tributes to the modern founding fathers of Singapore chess. Also
chronicled within are the careers of Singapore's top players and
their achievements. This includes fine team performances (belying
Singapore's seeming status in the chess world as a tiny red dot)
and spectacular individual successes on the international stage.In
documenting chess development in Singapore for the period in
question, this book also provides glimpses of a wider social
history. Personal stories (based on fresh interviews) are provided
that give a sense of the chessplaying milieu of the time. Stalwarts
in the chess scene, featured in this book, went on to be notable
figures in the wider social and political landscape.A selection of
139 annotated games played by top Singapore-based players and
Singapore masters between 1949 and 1990 is matched by a rich
collection of more than 200 rare illustrations. This volume is a
wonderful resource for chess aficionados, interested amateurs,
collectors and historians.
This book is the definitive volume on the history of chess in
Singapore. Covering 1945-1990, it covers the post-war emergence of
a truly 'local' chess scene out of the colonial period, then taking
the story up to the modern era. Contained within these pages are
tributes to the modern founding fathers of Singapore chess. Also
chronicled within are the careers of Singapore's top players and
their achievements. This includes fine team performances (belying
Singapore's seeming status in the chess world as a tiny red dot)
and spectacular individual successes on the international stage.In
documenting chess development in Singapore for the period in
question, this book also provides glimpses of a wider social
history. Personal stories (based on fresh interviews) are provided
that give a sense of the chessplaying milieu of the time. Stalwarts
in the chess scene, featured in this book, went on to be notable
figures in the wider social and political landscape.A selection of
139 annotated games played by top Singapore-based players and
Singapore masters between 1949 and 1990 is matched by a rich
collection of more than 200 rare illustrations. This volume is a
wonderful resource for chess aficionados, interested amateurs,
collectors and historians.
Addressing the complexities of radicalisation, resilience, cyber,
and homeland security, State, Society and National Security:
Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century aims to shed light
on what has changed in recent years security discourse, what has
worked (as well as what has not), and what the potential further
evolutions within each domain might be.The release of this book
commemorates the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Centre of
Excellence for National Security (CENS) - a policy-oriented
security think tank within the S Rajaratnam School for
International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, as well as
the 10th edition of CENS' annual Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior
National Security Officers (APPSNO), which has developed into a
premier international security conference in Southeast
Asia.Featuring contributions from practitioners, policy experts and
academics closely linked to CENS, this volume is a reminder of the
meaningful and impact-creating insights that 10 years' worth of
thinking and talking about national security imperatives have
generated.Contributors to this volume include Professor Sir David
Omand, former director of the United Kingdom's Government
Communication Headquarters (GCHQ), Steven R Corman, Professor in
the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Marc Sageman, former
operations officer at the United States Central Intelligence
Agency, Ilan Mizrahi, former Head of Israel's National Security
Council and John, Lord Alderdice, Liberal Democrat member of the
House of Lords and Senior Research Fellow and Director of the
Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict at Harris
Manchester College, Oxford.This book has been written in a manner
that makes it accessible to policymakers, security practitioners
and academics, as well as interested lay readers.
Addressing the complexities of radicalisation, resilience, cyber,
and homeland security, State, Society and National Security:
Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century aims to shed light
on what has changed in recent years security discourse, what has
worked (as well as what has not), and what the potential further
evolutions within each domain might be.The release of this book
commemorates the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Centre of
Excellence for National Security (CENS) - a policy-oriented
security think tank within the S Rajaratnam School for
International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, as well as
the 10th edition of CENS' annual Asia-Pacific Programme for Senior
National Security Officers (APPSNO), which has developed into a
premier international security conference in Southeast
Asia.Featuring contributions from practitioners, policy experts and
academics closely linked to CENS, this volume is a reminder of the
meaningful and impact-creating insights that 10 years' worth of
thinking and talking about national security imperatives have
generated.Contributors to this volume include Professor Sir David
Omand, former director of the United Kingdom's Government
Communication Headquarters (GCHQ), Steven R Corman, Professor in
the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication, Marc Sageman, former
operations officer at the United States Central Intelligence
Agency, Ilan Mizrahi, former Head of Israel's National Security
Council and John, Lord Alderdice, Liberal Democrat member of the
House of Lords and Senior Research Fellow and Director of the
Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict at Harris
Manchester College, Oxford.This book has been written in a manner
that makes it accessible to policymakers, security practitioners
and academics, as well as interested lay readers.
This book is a collection of chapters penned by practitioners from
around the world on the impact that disinformation and fake news
has had in both the online and social sphere. While much has been
said about individual disinformation campaigns in specific
countries, this book offers a panoramic view of how these campaigns
are conducted, who they target, and how they are spread. By
bringing together research on specific countries and international
data mined from questionnaires and online studies, the
understanding of the term 'fake news' is greatly expanded and the
issues we face are brought to light. The book includes
contributions by experts such as Jean-Baptiste Vilmer (Macron
Leaks), and includes case studies from Asia, such as Singapore and
Myanmar, written in an accessible manner for the general interested
reader, practitioners and policymakers in the field.
This book brings together research that covers perspectives and
case studies on terrorism, radicalisation and countering violent
extremism (CVE). Written by experts involved in these issues at the
grassroots, the book bridges the academic-practitioner gap in the
field. The proliferation of academic studies and conferences
devoted to these subjects has meant that policymakers and
practitioners in the same fields sometimes struggle to digest the
sheer volume of academic output. The same critical questions keep
coming up, but it is debatable the level to which there have been
tangible improvements to our real state of knowledge: knowledge in
especially in terms of what "best practices" exist in the field
(and what can be translated, versus what approaches remain context
and location specific). Written in an accessible manner for the
general interested reader, practitioners, and policymakers in the
field, this volume comprises edited versions of papers presented at
CVE workshops run by the Centre of Excellence for National Security
(CENS) at the S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS),
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2016 and 2017.
The People's Action Party (PAP) of Singapore is among the
longest-ruling democratically-elected political parties in the
world, in power continuously since Singapore gained self-rule in
1959. Such longevity is the product of an institution that is
itself dynamic and responsive. But remarkably, the story of the
party as institution has not received the sustained study it
deserves from either historians or political scientists. This
narrative history of the PAP follows the story through decisions
made by party leaders as they sought to respond to the changing
demands and expectations of the Singapore electorate over a
thirty-year period that saw Singapore enter the ranks of developed
nations. The focus is on change in four dimensions: in the
communications methods and styles the party adopted, the mechanisms
it developed for managing institutional change, the sometimes vexed
question of party renewal, and the evolution of economic and social
policy. Drawing on internal party documents and multiple interviews
with key leaders over the course of a decade, this book provides a
detailed portrait of a robust political institution and establishes
a distinctive new narrative of Singapore politics.
The study of violent extremism in the wake of ISIS has largely been
devoted to the process of radicalization and strategies to counter
and de-radicalize extremists. However, little has been written on
the subject of Diversion - early, upstream interventions aimed at
deflecting individuals from a pathway of radicalization. This
volume addresses this gap in scholarship by analysing the Diversion
strategies being deployed worldwide, aimed at diverting or
deflecting individuals, and communities, from the path of
radicalization. These include Diversion methods used among social
workers, teachers, counselors and the police both in relation to
individuals and communities. Case studies range across the Global
North and South, presented by both academic and practitioner
contributors, and address different branches of radicalization, the
variety of strategies used as Diversion, and the results of these
interventions.
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