With Friends Like These”: Assessing the Russian Influence in Germany

We’d like to highlight the CSIS report “With Friends Like These”: Assessing the Russian Influence in Germany by Jeffrey Mankoff, published in July. As Europe’s unquestioned heavyweight and a country with deep political, economic, and cultural ties to Russia, Germany has been a frequent target of Russian influence activities. Yet compared to other countries, Germany has proven relatively resilient. In this report, Jeffrey Mankoff examines the nature and tactics of Russian influence operations in Germany, which characteristics have made Germany vulnerable and resistant to Russian influence, and what lessons the German experience offers for other democratic states in countering malign influence activities. 

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