Newsletter - November 2019

November 7, 2019

Source: MIGS

MIGS is proud to be a founding institutional member of the newly created Coalition for Genocide Response. The Coalition was launched at the British Parliament on 4 November.
MIGS is pleased to announce two new Digital Fellows, Mark Kersten and Alyssa Blank.

MIGS sent a delegation to attend the Global Counter Terrorism Forum’s meeting Montreal.

MIGS Executive Director Kyle Matthews will be attending the second edition of Paris Peace Forum taking place on November 11 to 13. The 2019 Program is available here.

On 8 November, MIGS will host an event titled “Propaganda Filters: tracking malign foreign interference,” featuring Zach Devereaux, who will present his work on influence techniques used by foreign actors during the 2019 Canadian elections and beyond.

On 18 November, MIGS will host an event titled “The Dark Social: encrypted messaging platforms for political communication,” featuring Dr. Nicole Rigillo, a Berggruen Institute Research Fellow based at Element AI in Montreal, Canada.
On 27 November, MIGS, in partnership with the Canadian International Council and the Canada-Venezuela Democracy Forum, will host an event titled “Venezuelan Caminantes: a nation’s quest for survival,” featuring Adriana Para, the Deputy Director of Entre Dos Tierra’s Foundation.
On 9 December, MIGS will host an event titled “Rwanda’s lessons for humanity,” in partnership with Véhicule Press, will organize a panel discussion and book launch to commemorate the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of Genocide. The discussion will feature Christine Magill, genocide survivors Bertin Muhizi and Marie Josée Gicali, and United Nations peacekeeping veteran Sammy Sampson and MIGS’ Dr. Frank Chalk.
On 10 December, MIGS will host an event titled “Operation IMPACT to defeat Daesh: a discussion Colonel Landry”.

On 21-22 October, MIGS’ Executive Director Kyle Matthew attended the World Leadership-Alliance Club de Madrid Policy Dialogue on Digital Transformation and the Future of Democracy in Madrid, Spain. Over thirty former heads of states and government officials were present to discuss the shift of artificial intelligence from the technological sphere to the field of global governance. You can learn more about the Policy Dialogue here.

On 24 October, MIGS, hosted the event “Prévenir la radicalisation violente: l’approche du CAPREV,” featuring experts from Le Centre d’Aide et de Prise en charge de toute personne concernée par les Extrémismes et Radicalismes Violents. To see a video summary of the event, please click here.

On 28 October, MIGS’ Executive Director Kyle Matthews attended “Canadians Changing the World: Mobilizing for Global Impact” hosted by the CIC and Global Canada.

October 11

MIGS Executive Director Kyle Matthews was quoted in the Futurithmic article “Digitalands: Law and order in digital societies.”
MIGS Digital Fellow Alexandre Corbeil published an article in the CTCSentinel titled “Hezbollah’s “Virtual entrepreneurs:” How Hezbollah is using the internet to incite violence in Israel.”

October 14

MIGS Digital Fellow Ewelina Ochab published an article in Forbes titled “The OSCE produces guidance on freedom of religion or belief and security.
MIGS Digital Fellow Ewelina Ochab published an article in Forbes titled “What is next for Sudan?”

October 21

MIGS Digital Fellow Phil Gurski published an article in The Hill Times titled “CSIS is damned if it does and damned if it doesn’t.”

October 23

MIGS Digital Fellow Karine Pontbriand published an article titled “L’importance de la coopération en cybersécurité internationale” in the September-November edition of the international analysis magazine Sans Frontières.

October 24

MIGS Digital Fellow Ewelina Ochab published an article in Forbes titled “Germany conducts its first genocide trial of a Daesh Fighter.”

MIGS Executive Director Kyle Matthews wrote a piece titled “Short circuit: What will artificial intelligence mean for diplomacy?” for the Soft Power 30 report. The full report, a joint effort from Portland Communications, Facebook and the Center on Public Diplomacy at the University of Southern California, can be found here.

October 26

MIGS Digital Fellow Joana Cook co-authored an article published in Foreign Policy titled “In Syria, the Women and Children of ISIS Have Been Forgotten”.

October 28

MIGS Digital Fellow Phil Gurski published an article in The Hill Times titled “National security priorities for the Liberal minority government.”
The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) published its latest report titled “Their Fate is Tied to Ours: Assessing AQAP Governance and Implications for Security in Yemen” written by MIGS Digital Fellow Joana Cook. The full report is available here.

October 29

MIGS Fellow Diego Osorio was interviewed by LaPresse.ca in the article “Argentine: le technocrate et la populiste”.
MIGS Digital Fellow Vivek Ventakesh spoke at The Walrus Talks Living Better.

November 1

MIGS Fellow Andrei Serbin Pont was interviewed by El Tiempo Latino for an article titled “Latinoamérica tras elecciones: ciudadanos entre la transición y el continuismo”.

November 4

MIGS Digital Fellow Phil Gurski published an article in The Hill Times titled “How do we determine when a terrorist act has taken place?”.
MIGS Digital Fellow Ewelina Ochab published an article in Forbes titled “As Brexit continues to divide Britain, a new Genocide response initiative aims to unite”.

November 5

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