foreign interference
Outside political manipulation
Foreign interference is the covert or unauthorized involvement of one country in another's affairs—especially elections, politics, or public discourse.
The term gained prominence in discussions of election security: Evidence of foreign interference included hacked emails and social media disinformation campaigns.
It implies deliberate manipulation rather than legitimate diplomacy, often through cyberattacks, propaganda, or funding of domestic groups.
- meddlingIntrusive interference in others' concerns
- espionageCovert intelligence gathering
- electionOrganized public voting
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
sabotage · covert · agents · disinformation · information warfare · troll farms · national security · hostile · dark money · shell companies · front groups · manipulation · cyberattack · operatives · intelligence · subversion · influence · trolls
- disinformationdisinformation, misinformation, misinformation campaigns, fake news, propaganda
- international crimesterrorism, state terrorism, bioterrorism, treaty violations, sanctions evasion
- political scandalsWatergate, Iran-Contra, Whitewater, Teapot Dome, coverup
- online manipulationastroturfing, bots, bot farms, disinformation, fake news
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
foreign interferenceinternal affairs
Officers investigating officers
domestic affairs · grassroots activism · local politics · local governance
foreign interferencenon-intervention
Policy of staying uninvolved
non-interference · isolationism · neutrality · non-involvement · sovereignty
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