On 29 May 2024, Eurasia Review published NESA Center alumna Charani Patabendige's latest Op-Ed titled "Social Media, Democracy and National Security."

"This article attempts to look briefly into types of democracies and showcase the relationship between social media and democracy, the advantages reaped by social media in an age of democracy, threats to democracy, the impact on national security and a way forward in balancing the contradictions arising when using social media in a country of democracy," writes Patabendige.

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About the Author

Charani Patabendige is a Research Assistant and an Acting Research Analyst at the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS), the premier think tank on National Security established under the Ministry of Defence. The opinion expressed is her own and not necessarily reflective of the institute, the Ministry of Defence, or the NESA Center.

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Eurasia Review is an independent journal that provides a venue for analysts and experts to disseminate content on a wide range of subjects that are often overlooked or under-represented by Western dominated media.

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