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The Myanmar Civil War has been raging for over seven decades, fueled by ethnic and political tensions and complicated by the military’s interference in the country’s governance.

An investigation by CIR’s Myanmar Witness project reveals the civilian harm resulting from a new military offensive.

Hostile rhetoric on Russian state-controlled TV tried to lay the foundation for widespread acceptance of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

How women of Afghanistan fight the Taliban today

CIR collaborated with DW to investigate the targeting of civilians and vehicles in the Ukrainian city of Beryslav.

A network of fake accounts are posing as young American women and posting pro-Trump content online, but they’re hiding behind – and in some cases manipulating – the images of European fashion influencers.

Afghan Witness data shows ISKP attacks have decreased inside Afghanistan, but reports highlight an uptick in linked activities and arrests outside the country amid an intensifying multi-lingual online campaign that draws recruits from Central Asia.

What is the information environment, and what challenges face Afghanistan’s own information space? How can we strengthen it?

An airstrike on Ka Nan village in Myanmar, analysed using open source investigative techniques (OSINT).

The civil war in Sudan, a conflict between the RSF and SAF, analysed using open source investigative techniques (OSINT).

Three years on from the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan, women are banned from education, work and most other areas of public life.

When news breaks, misinformation can spread like wildfire. Stefanie Le, a senior CIR investigator based in Washington DC, discusses the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump, the online misinformation that surrounded it, and how to use open source methods to try to make sense of it all.