Coming in from the Cold

Biographies

Dr. Douglas Selvage is a Senior Research Associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter) at the Institute of History of the Philosophical Faculty of the Humboldt University in Berlin, where he recently began the research project, “Active Measures and Propaganda, 1966-1989: The Stasi, the KGB and their European Allies.” From 2013-18, he served as Project Director in the Education and Research Division of the Office of the Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records (BStU) in Berlin. There, he directed the historical research project, “The Ministry of State Security and the MGB/KGB in the Soviet Bloc, 1950-1989.”

Kasey Stricklin is a research analyst with CNA's Adversary Analytics team, where she is a member of the Russia Studies Program. Her research specialization is the psychological side of information warfare, including disinformation and propaganda.

Additional Reading

Wilson Center: Operation “Denver”: KGB and Stasi Disinformation regarding AIDS, by Doug Selvage

CNA InDepth: Russia's Coronavirus Messaging and Disinformation, by Kasey Stricklin