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CPD Blog contributors Jorge Marinho and Júlio Ventura discuss the situations of foreign influence, interference and espionage in higher education institutes and suggest countermeasures.

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The educational / training institutions abroad that welcome foreign military students could wield upon them a variety of influences.

A new CPD blog spotlights Portuguese intelligence and NATO as case studies in examining foreign influence on political affairs.

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CPD Blog contributor Jorge Marinho discusses the concept of influence operations and what it means to a country's ontological security.

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University of Porto (Portugal) faculty discuss how the Euopean Union relates to Macau via digital and financial avenues.

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February 11, 2021

An interview about the public diplomacy implications of news media decisions within the Arab context.

Lisbon main square by Terreiro do Paço via Wikimedia Commons

An interview with Brigadier General Nuno Lemos Pires, National Defense Policy Deputy Director at the Ministry of Defense of Portugal.

Professor at University of Porto Jorge Marinho and his students in the applied languages in business relations program examine the Chinese government's social media use in Africa in the context of Belt & Road.