Simon Bracey- Lane 
Step 1: finish my bloody MA. 
Step 2: get a hair cut. 


• Personal area of expertise: 

o Understanding of American politics, from President to Local Party, 
o Shaping public opinion and movement building, 
o Network development, 
o Political instincts. 


Where you fit within the team. What you personally, as an element within the team, and also 
the team as a whole, will seek to achieve, i.e. outcomes, impact, effect? How this might be 
measured? What activities you would engage in to accomplish this, i.e. outputs, events, reports, 
tweets, meetings etc. 

o Communications: 

■ Current: 

• <1000 web sign ups. 

• Entirely connected to political world, either domestically or 
internationally. 

• Between clusters. 

• Between II and press. 

• Between II and wider outreach. 

• Campaigning Website development. 

• Archival Website development. 

■ Near-Future: 

• 06/2018 = 1,000 

• 08/2018 = 1,500 

• 10/2018 = 2,000 

• Include sign - up feature in other major circulations, and vice versa. 

• Full integrate a campaign software into use. 

• Press/MP/HMG briefing. 

■ Far-Future: 

• 12/2018 = 4,000 

• 02/2019 = 8,000 

• 05/2019 = 10,000 

• Creation of Pdf downloadable report that details all work produced by 
the II. 

• MP Briefing package on legacy of interference and predicted direction. 

• Allow sign ups to elect what material they receive by topic. 





• Donation function. 


o Event & Trip logistics: 

■ Previous: 

• Lithuanian Cluster meeting. 

■ Near-Future: 

• National Endowment for Democracy event in Bosnia (17 th -19 th May) 

• 2BS Event in Montenegro. (21 st -23 rd May) 

• Cluster meeting in Serbia. (TBD Mid June) 

• Cluster meeting in Greece. (TBD Mid June) 

■ Far-Future: 

• USA Cluster Meeting: (Late Nov.) 

• Canadian Cluster Meeting: (Sept. 2018) 


o Large role in developing Cluster networks in: 

■ USA: 

• Current goals: 

o Meeting with MN Sec. State to discuss II. 
o Meeting with UofM Academics, 
o Meeting with Col. MN National Guard. 

• Near-Future goals: 

o Paper on electoral security ahead of Nov. Mid terms, including 
suggestions and recommendations. 

• Far-Future goals: 

o Assemble meeting of Sec. States/Governors/local legislative 
officials we can muster to discuss threats to States faced by 
malign interference. 

o Forge relationships with local legislative staff, to advise and 
update them on ever changing face of interference. 

■ Lithuania: 

• Current: 

o Handling development of content, 
o Website upload & distribution. 

• Near Future: 

o Develop trends, larger studies, instead of individual articles, 
o Bring authors to London to host discussions. 

■ Greece: 

• Current: 

o Country review, with suggestions and recommendations. 

• Near Future: 

o Interactive list of Russian influencers. 
o Connections between influence and Orthodoxy 



W.Balkans: 


• Current: 

o Republic of Skrpsa focused paper. 

o Support civil society strengthening initiatives in BiH/Serbia/MT 
o Commission country review from newly formed MT Institute. 

Your understanding of what is needed to map, understand, expose and teach, prevent and 
counter Russian malign influence and disinformation: 

o To strengthen our relationship with the general public. To foster societal response, 
resisting interference on its own, and help projects such as ours identify attempts to 
undermine us. 
o USA: 

■ Public engagement campaigns in the US, outside of DC, post Nov. Mid terms. 

■ Engagement with local legislative officials on this topic. 

What might prevent us from achieving our aims?: 
o Similarities in other projects, 
o Rigidity. 

o Lack of clear messaging, are we IFS or are we II. 


How might we cope with these?: 
o Retain our uniqueness, 
o Ensure flexibility, 
o Clear messaging.