On October 9, a message rippled out of Baku that carried far more weight than its official tone might suggest. Türkiye’s Center for Combating Disinformation—a state institution created to detect, expose, and counter false narratives in the digital age—announced that it had identified a series of biased and deliberately crafted publications aimed at undermining the relationship between Azerbaijan and Türkiye. In an era when a single manipulated image or out-of-context quote can circle the globe in minutes, such an announcement is not a routine administrative note. It is an early-warning signal. The center’s statement, released via its official social media…

When the world’s parliamentarians gathered in Arusha, Tanzania, for the 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, they arrived at a moment of both great promise and deep unease. Digital technology, especially artificial intelligence, was no longer a distant abstraction; it was woven into everyday life, from the phones in people’s pockets to the algorithms that shape what citizens see, believe and debate. Against that backdrop, the more than 600 lawmakers and parliamentary delegates from around the globe adopted a document that would come to be known as the Arusha Communiqué. Released on October 9, 2026, at the close of the…