Preserving Democracy in the (Dis)Information Age

Preserving Democracy in the (Dis)Information Age

When

Thursday, December 4th, 2025    
19:00 - 20:30

Where

Amerikahaus Munich
Karolinenplatz 3, Munich, 80333

Event Type

About the event:

 

In the wake of growing threats through disinformation, the fundamental pillars of democracy are at risk of crumbling. Recent events have demonstrated how Russian intelligence exploits social media to target and manipulate the American public.  Join us for a unique perspective on Active Measures and propaganda, law enforcement and the constitution, based on experience at the intersection of law, intelligence operations, and academia.
There will be a drinks reception for all after the talk.

About the speaker:

Asha Rangappa is an Assistant Dean and Senior Lecturer at the Yale University’s Jackson School of Global Affairs and a former Associate Dean at Yale Law School. She graduated cum laude from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study constitutional reform and U.S. drug policy in Bogotá, Colombia. She received her law degree from Yale Law School where she was a Coker Fellow in constitutional law, and served as a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She then served as a Special Agent in the New York Division of the FBI, specializing in counterintelligence investigations.

At Yale, she teaches courses on national security law, Russian information warfare, and leadership and ethics. She the author of The Freedom Academya bestselling online Substack publication about disinformation and its impact on democracy, and also co-hosts the legal podcast, It’s Complicated, with Renato Mariotti.

Admission is free. Please register via https://eveeno.com/298216636

This event will be available online if you cannot be with us in person. Link to follow closer to the date.

Photo: ©Noel Valero