Robert van der Noordaa - Hybrid Warfare | March 8, 2024

Please join co-hosts Tracey & Christopher as they converse with Robert van der Noordaa, a freelance Dutch investigative journalist and analyst, with a deep focus on Ukraine and Russia. Robert brings extensive experience in covering technical subjects, interviewing Russian dissidents, and analyzing hybrid warfare and propaganda.

His journey began with an engineering background, leading him to work extensively in Ukraine since 2004 and later in Russia, where he witnessed firsthand the geopolitical tensions and the power of misinformation. Van der Noordaa has evolved his career towards fighting digital misinformation, developing AI and network analysis tools to identify and analyze troll farms and misinformation campaigns. His work, highly interactive and impactful, extends to assisting media companies, government agencies, and international organizations, including NATO and the Ukrainian government, in combating digital propaganda.

He emphasizes the significance of understanding the vast scale of misinformation and the critical need for collective efforts in addressing this challenge to preserve democracy and support Ukraine amidst its ongoing struggles.