At a time when a polarized American political environment challenges U.S. capacity to construct and follow through on durable strategies for American engagement in the world, old enemies around the globe are empowered with new tools at their disposal. Authoritarian governments have found new ways to more effectively silence critics, harass opponents, control or influence the information at home, and manipulate online content to serve their own interests.
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The health crisis and economic austerity induced by COVID-19 have become tools in the hands of far-right politicians throughout the United States and Europe to foment contempt and xenophobic sentiments towards Jewish people. Through social media, extremist politics and tropes born of antisemitic conspiracy are going viral.