France Estonia - Together Against Disinformation

The goal of the proposed project is to explore, contextualize, and understand the challenges posed by disinformation and hybrid foreign interference both domestically and in foreign policy terms. Accordingly, the first focus of the proposed project is to study the exogenously triggered threats to liberal democratic systems and societal trust in Democracy in NATO countries. The second prism relates to hybrid attempts to undermine the unity and cohesiveness of the transatlantic and Euro-Atlantic community. The comparative nature of the project bridges the experiences of France and Estonia. The application is led by the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies of the University of Tartu and brings together partner experts from Estonia as well as from Normandy for Peace, University of Caen Normandy, University of Bordeaux, and Catholic University of Lille.