US Elections Untangled

Could foreign interference tip the election? (with Mikael Wigell)

July 23, 2020 Finnish Institute of International Affairs Season 1 Episode 3
US Elections Untangled
Could foreign interference tip the election? (with Mikael Wigell)
Show Notes

Did Russian election meddling tip the 2016 election? Could Russia, China or Iran succeed in influencing the outcome in 2020?

“Undermining the reputation of Hillary Clinton through disinformation and cyber-oriented attacks against the Clinton campaign might have actually tipped the election in favor of Donald Trump,” says Global Security Programme Director Mikael Wigell from the Finnish Institute of International Affairs.

Wigell has seen clear evidence of several foreign powers trying to meddle in the 2020 elections.

“I think Western democracy has never really been under these sorts of threats before.”