NATO StratCom COE
NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
📍 Riga, Latvia
🔗 stratcomcoe.org
- 🎮 Games aren’t just a play - it is a new arena for influence. From in-game chats to fake war footage, hostile actors exploit gaming’s global reach. At Digital Frontlines 2025, we will unpack how to defend this vast, understudied space. Agenda 👉 digitalfrontlinesconference.org
- Ireland has been a long-standing cooperation partner of NATO in a variety of areas. 🤝 Today, the NATO StratCom COE had the honour of hosting a visit by H.E. Ms. Marcella Smith, Ambassador of Ireland to Latvia, present our work and exchange views on the growing significance of AI.
- Today, we welcomed Brigadier General Sunghoon Park, Director General of Public Affairs, Republic of Korea Army HQ. NATO and the Republic of Korea are committed to advancing dialogue and cooperation to address global security challenges and protect info environment together.
- At #DigitalFrontlines2025 (Oct 8, Riga) we’ll explore how social media will evolve in the next decade and how AI + LLMs are reshaping our "digital public squares" and connections. Follow along as we share key insights from the debate. 🔗 digitalfrontlinesconference.org
- 📰 Call for media accreditation: Digital Frontlines 2025 📅 8 Oct 2025 | 📍 Riga, Latvia Join us for insights on future of social media, audiences in restricted info environments, influencers in StratCom, gaming: entertainment or exploitation and more! 🔗 shorturl.at/aZU7a
- What does it mean to embed meaning—not just react—in a world of chaos and fragmentation? Volume 15 of Defence Strategic Communications dives deep into values-driven strategy, narrative power, and long-term thinking. Read the journal: shorturl.at/OLGkS
- 📢 Save the date: Digital Frontlines 2025 🗓 8 Oct 2025 | 📍 Riga, Latvia This year's agenda: 🧠 AI & human judgment 📱 Future of social media 🎮 Gaming space vulnerabilities 🕵️♂️ Closed info environments & more 📝 Registration opens soon, stay tuned!
- 🔍 How should governments use intelligence in an age of hybrid threats & info warfare? Our latest research report shows intel isn’t just secret—it’s strategic. From deterrence to credibility, disclosure shapes the narrative. 🧠 Read more 👉 shorturl.at/rOvWE
- Our Virtual Manipulation Brief 2025 shows how AI, platform shifts & strategic messaging are reshaping the info war. Russia strikes fast ⚡️, China moves slow & strategic 🧠. AI scales it all. X, Telegram & YouTube are now the front lines. Read more here: shorturl.at/f1PN1
- 📢 Riga StratCom Dialogue 2025 is less than two weeks away! 🗓️ 10–11 June | 📍 Riga, Latvia This year’s conference dives into the shifting tides of identity, influence, and information in a world where geopolitics, truth, and power are constantly being redefined. 🌍💬 youtu.be/_WNBksp1W9o?...
- Understanding identity’s cognitive roots is key to addressing conflict. What variables shape it? Panel discussion “Washing away memory. New realities emerging.” 📢 Riga StratCom Dialogue 2025 📅 10–11 June | 📍 Riga, Latvia 🔗 rigastratcomdialogue.org
- Riga StratCom Dialogue 2025 📅 10 - 11 June 2025 📍 Riga, Latvia 🔗 rigastratcomdialogue.org For the 3rd year, #RigaStratComDialogue hosts the 🚀 Company Marketplace—where top innovators showcase tech 💡 to a global 🌍 strategic comms & defense audience. Meet the 2025 lineup:
- Today, we were honored to welcome Mr. Mihai Popsoi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Moldova to discuss current issues in the information environment and common efforts in strengthening Europe's resilience against disinformation and foreign interference.
- In a time of contested truth & rising AI influence, Riga StratCom Dialogue 2025 is your front-row seat to the global conversation on #StratCom. Global expert insights, deep dives on AI & info warfare, elite networking and more! 🔗 rigastratcomdialogue.org youtu.be/LiMuZijPoHQ?...
- 1 month to go until Riga StratCom Dialogue 2025! 🗓️ 10–11 June | 📍 Riga, Latvia In a world of shifting power, identity & influence—how do we communicate strategically and will AI recalibrate the global info order? Get ready for a powerful discussions! 🔗 rigastratcomdialogue.org
- The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), in effect since Feb 2024, aims to regulate online platforms. Our latest study shows Facebook's enforcement remains weak post-DSA, with rising hate speech and poor moderation—especially in smaller language communities. 🔎https://shorturl.at/RuJgP
- 🎙️ Media accreditation is OPEN for Riga StratCom Dialogue 2025! 📍 Riga, Latvia | 📅 10–11 June 2025 Join Europe’s top StratCom event with access to: ✅ Expert sessions ✅ Speaker interviews ✅ Elite networking Apply now: lnkd.in/daQqVsrk More info: rigastratcomdialogue.org
- Today, our Chief of Staff Col. Dariusz Niedzielski welcomed H.E. Mr. Paul Ballantyne, the Non-Resident Ambassador of New Zealand 🇳🇿 to the Republic of Latvia 🇱🇻 to discuss current issues in global security and cooperation in the field of #StratCom. 🤝
- During the latest #StratComPodcast episode, Latvian journalist Ina Strazdiņa from the Latvian Television (@LatvijasTV) shares her thoughts on journalists' mission and the cognitive effects of prolonged war. 🎧: shorturl.at/roaM6 🎥: shorturl.at/m70ym
- 📢 New #StratComPodcast episode is out! 🇱🇻 journalist Ina Strazdiņa shares what it’s like reporting from 🇺🇦 frontlines - where at least 17 journalists have been killed since 2022. A powerful story of truth, trauma & resilience. 🎧: shorturl.at/roaM6 🎥: shorturl.at/e40EE
- 🎙️ Media registration is OPEN! Join Riga StratCom Dialogue 2025 — Europe’s top #StratCom conference — on 10–11 June in Riga! 🇱🇻 Get access to: ✅ Expert sessions ✅ Interviews with global leaders ✅ Exclusive networking 📌 Register: rigastratcomdialogue.org/media
- In our latest research, we unpack the tech and organizational hurdles that still block smooth data-sharing across NATO—and offer practical steps to boost intelligence flow and sharper decision-making for StratCom and leadership. 🔍📊 Read more: shorturl.at/mpyxm
- 🧠⚠️ As AI grows more powerful, how might malign actors exploit it in the next decade—and are we doing enough now to prevent that future? Listen to the latest #StratComPodcast episode to find out more: 🎧 shorturl.at/KqIi2 🎥 shorturl.at/ORqXQ
- How are malign actors weaponizing AI? Roberta Duffield from BLACKBIRD.AI joins #StratComPodcast to unpack the future of information warfare, perception manipulation & strategic threats we can’t afford to ignore. 🎧 shorturl.at/KqIi2 🎥 shorturl.at/ORqXQ
- Strengthening our collective commitment to protecting Europe’s information space and digital infrastructure! 🤝 Today, we were pleased to welcome Ms Kristina Herbst, President of the State Parliament Schleswig-Holstein and accompanying delegation for an insightful discussion.
- 📊 Effective data integration is essential for NATO’s #StratCom, yet fragmented systems impede progress. Our latest study underscores the need for NATO-wide metadata/API standards, robust governance, and AI-driven solutions to enhance interoperability. 📖 shorturl.at/2vUz0
- Another day, another important meeting! 🤝 Today, we were happy to welcome Mr Gilles Roth, Minister of Finance of Luxembourg to discuss the importance of strategic communications in the context of the security environment of today.
- 📅 Save the date for the Europe's largest conference and company marketplace on strategic communications - #RigaStratComDialogue is set to take place from 10 to 11 June 2025 in Riga Latvia! youtu.be/wBibxPvnLac?...
- We recently studied 5 Global South countries - Egypt, Mali, Kenya, South Africa, United Arab Emirates - to understand how Kremlin carries out information operations in this region to support its narratives globally. Explore findings here: shorturl.at/ZKEJF
- Liudmyla Dolhonovska, former #StratCom Advisor to Gen. Zaluzhnyi, delves into the essence of #StratCom, offering her insights on what lies at its core and how to cultivate societal trust during times of war. Full podcast episode: 🎧https://shorturl.at/x2oIQ 📷 shorturl.at/2weQx
- In the latest #StratComPodcast episode, Liudmyla Dolhonovska, former #StratCom advisor to Gen. Zaluzhnyi, shares valuable lessons from her tenure and reveals how transparent, timely information built public trust in 🇺🇦 military. 🎧https://shorturl.at/x2oIQ 📽️ shorturl.at/2weQx
- What is Russian proxy media? How does it fit into the Russian propaganda machinery and what goals Kremlin is aiming to achieve by the use of proxy media in Ukraine? Read our recent research to find out more: shorturl.at/EMLV6
- While Russia and China shape discourse to advance their interests for Arctic, enhancing information sharing and coordinating Arctic homeland defense efforts will enable NATO to manage regional security and uphold collective defense principles. Read more: shorturl.at/wg1x7
- In the latest #StratComPodcast episode former Estonian Internal Security Service Chief Arnold Sinisalu discusses tactics Russia is using to gain influence and try to control narrative in neighboring countries. 🎥 shorturl.at/iFGdc 🎧https://shorturl.at/s1Me3
- We tested audiences in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Estonia for trust and affective responses to two common types of Kremlin narratives in Nordic-Baltic audiences, providing a nuanced analysis of possible motivations underlying responses to these narratives. Read more here: shorturl.at/H5Iy3
- Estonia's proximity to Russia necessitate robust counter-intelligence efforts. In this #StratComPodcast episode, former Estonian Internal Security Chief Arnold Sinisalu discusses combating espionage and influence operations. 🎥 shorturl.at/iFGdc 🎧 shorturl.at/s1Me3
- During his first bilateral visit to Latvia, Kęstutis Budrys, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania has also visited NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence to discuss ongoing cooperation and joint efforts in strengthening the Baltic and European information environment.
- Today, we were pleased to welcome Victoria Coates (Heritage Foundation), Marshall Billingslea (Hudson Institute) and Nathan Sales (Atlantic Council) for an engaging exchange of expertise and ideas, fostering innovation in tackling global security challenges through #StratCom.
- Objectives of Russia's information influence operations in Nordic-Baltic region primarily involve undermining trust in local politics and institutions while discrediting democratic and human rights values upheld by so-called collective West. Read more: shorturl.at/ldmBQ
- How has NATO's #StratCom evolved over the last decade, and what was the purpose of declassifying intelligence on Russia's intentions before February 2022? Discover more in the latest #StratComPodcast episode featuring Oana Lungescu! 🎧 shorturl.at/N0S2d 🎥 shorturl.at/ENOJL
- Today, we hosted Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Israel to Latvia, Ms Sandra Simovich and LtCol Daniel Rakov, Senior Fellow at the JISS Israel, for discussions on evolving challenges in the information environment and the future of strategic communication.
- Today, we hosted BG Stergios Kazakis, Director of Hellenic National Defence General Staff's Information Operations Directorate. During the meeting, Janis Sarts, Director of the COE provided an overview of Centre's initiatives and explored the evolving landscape of strategic communications.
- If anyone knows a thing or two about #NATO, it's Oana Lungescu - Alliance's longest-serving Spokesperson. With 13 years of experience in navigating comms in turbulent times, she shares how NATO has evolved over the past decade. 🎧 shorturl.at/iu3zA 🎥 shorturl.at/ZXlFE #StratComPodcast
- Exciting news from Riga! 🎉 We're thrilled to announce the dates for Riga StratCom Dialogue 2025—the premier annual event dedicated to strategic communications. 🗓️ When? 10–11 June 2025 📍 Where? Riga, Latvia youtu.be/wBibxPvnLac?...
