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Gavin Wilde

Gavin Wilde

Gavin Wilde is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research focuses on information conflict. He previously served as director for Russia, Baltic, and Caucasus Affairs on the National Security Council.

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In Russia’s Information War, a New Field of Study Gains Traction

In Russia’s Information War, a New Field of Study Gains Traction

Acmeology, described by scholars as “a manipulative and mechanistic approach to social reality,” is a uniquely post-Soviet discipline that attempts to model how individuals and groups can achieve their highest possible professional potential.

Gavin Wilde
Historic Conflicts Teach Us About Current Small-State Leverage

Historic Conflicts Teach Us About Current Small-State Leverage

Can a purported great power maintain that aura if it fails or refuses to provide safe harbor to a supplicant, particularly one that stands to augment that great power’s strengths? Would rivals perceive restraint — rational or otherwise — as anything short of weakness?

Gavin Wilde