Misinformation as a Threat to International Security

The Cases of North Korea, Ukraine and Iran

Details

5pm light refreshments
5:30pm lecture, followed by Q&A

Date

05 May 2026

Time
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Location

ACU Canberra,
Veritas Building 301,
Level 1, Room 20

223 Antill St,
Watson, ACT 2602

5pm light refreshments
5:30pm lecture, followed by Q&A

The lecture examines misinformation as an emerging threat to international security, a challenge explicitly recognised by the UN Secretary-General during the Summit of the Future (2025). In a global environment shaped by instantaneous information flows, AI-generated content, and coordinated influence operations, misinformation has become a strategic tool capable of destabilising societies, fuelling conflicts, and undermining international peace and security.

This event brings together diplomats, scholars, and practitioners whose work illustrates how disinformation is deployed by state and non-state actors, and why the international community urgently requires new legal, political, and technological frameworks to confront it.

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