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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tajikistan

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tajikistan

DMGS-Kennan Institute Fellow Edward Lemon was quoted in an article in the Wall Street Journal entitled “U.S. Broadcaster Under Scrutiny for Disseminating Autocratic Propaganda.” The article examines how Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tajikistan...

DMGS’s International Relations Expert Dr. Edward Lemon Participates in Congressional Briefing Based Upon Knowledge from His Fieldwork in Tajikistan (Video)

Counter-extremism in Tajikistan, Dr. Lemon argued, is less about addressing genuine threats to national security and more about securing the country’s authoritarian regime. Tajikistan’s secular policies, which restrict religious freedoms, may backfire according to Dr. Lemon. They are creating resentment and a sense of injustice among local communities, which is being used by extremist recruiters.

DMGS-Kennan Event with Bellingcat’s Alic Toler and Dr. Edward Lemon: How Open-Source Investigations Shed Light on MH17 Shoot-Down, Chemical Weapons Attacks in Syria, and More (Audio)

DMGS-Kennan Event with Bellingcat’s Alic Toler and Dr. Edward Lemon: How Open-Source Investigations Shed Light on MH17 Shoot-Down, Chemical Weapons Attacks in Syria, and More (Audio)

Toler gave an overview of how Bellingcat conducts its research, highlighting how it identified the two Russian military intelligence agents involved in poisoning the Skripals in Salisbury in the United Kingdom earlier in 2018, found evidence of Russian involvement in the downing of MH17 in 2014 and identified an agent involved in a 2016 coup attempt in Montenegro.