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\nThe coronavirus pandemic has not only triggered a crisis in public health and safety that engendered a significant economic fallout. The pandemic has also triggered an infodemic,1<\/a> one that sets the context for a significant spike in anti-NATO2<\/a> and anti-Western3<\/a><\/i> propaganda. Unless countermeasures are taken, the already deteriorating public opinion vis-\u00e0-vis<\/em> the Alliance can be expected to worsen.4<\/a><\/i> Viewed individually, these two pandemic\u2019s outcomes have not critically threatened the Alliance; however, their combined effect could become a formidable challenge for NATO.5<\/a><\/i> Despite the measures taken, the pandemic is likely to continue exacerbating \n \n More Research Division Publications…<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n NDC Public Affairs Office<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NDC Policy Brief 19-20: The interstate conflict potential of the information domain, by Dumitru Minzarari* The coronavirus pandemic<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-13118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 6 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le novembre 3, 2020","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le novembre 3, 2020 11:34","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 09:30"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13118"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=13118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nthe frustrations among member states, further fraying
\nthe Alliance\u2019s unity. This, arguably, is the most immediate and concerning challenge facing NATO today.<\/i><\/p>\n
\n
\nMarch and July 2020, and a Visiting Scholar in September 2020. Starting
\nOctober 2020 he is a Research Associate at the SWP, Berlin.<\/div>\n
\n 1<\/sup> (back)<\/a><\/span>
\n\u201cThe COVID-19 Infodemic\u201d, Editorial, The Lancet Infectious Diseases<\/em>,
\nVol.20, Iss. 8, July 2020.\n<\/div>\n
\n 2<\/sup> (back)<\/a><\/span>
\n \u201cRussia pushing Coronavirus lies as part of anti-NATO influence ops
\nin Europe\u201d, Defense One<\/em>, 26 March 2020.\n<\/div>\n
\n 3<\/sup> (back)<\/a><\/span> Data shows a decreasing trend in support for NATO. See \u201cMoscow\u2019s Coronavirus Offensive\u201d, Politico<\/em>, 21 April 2020.\n<\/div>\n
\n 4<\/sup> (back)<\/a><\/span> \u201cConfidence in NATO in sharp decline\u201d, Financial Times<\/em>, 10 February 2020.\n<\/div>\n
\n 5<\/sup> (back)<\/a><\/span> Their impact is augmented by the exploitation of the coronavirus-related physiological and safety needs. They included efforts at increasing
\nthe number of infected by convincing the population that coronavirus
\nwas no more dangerous than the flu, leading to higher pressure on national health systems; at fueling tensions among citizens but also between the
\ncitizens and government (domestic politics mechanism); as well as efforts
\nto blame coronavirus spread on NATO exercises (i.e. in the Baltic states),
\non Allies\u2019 stationed forces, or on the alleged artificial nature of the virus
\n(the autonomy-security mechanism). See \u201cEU Monitors Say Pro-Kremlin
\nMedia Spread Coronavirus Disinformation\u201d, RFE\/RL, 18 March 2020; \u201cEEAS special report update: short assessment of narratives and disinformation around the COVID-19\/Coronavirus Pandemic (Updated 2-22
\nApril)\u201d, EUvsDiSiNFO, 24 April 2020; \u201cRussian intelligence agencies
\npush disinformation on pandemic\u201d, The New York Times<\/em>, 28 July 2020.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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