Blackfriars Lecture

Misinformation as a Threat to International Security: The Cases of North Korea, Ukraine and Iran

The lecture examines misinformation as an emerging threat to international security, a challenge explicitly recognised by the UN Secretary-General during the Summit of the Future (2025). In a global environment shaped by instantaneous information flows, AI-generated content, and coordinated influence operations, misinformation has become a strategic tool capable of destabilising societies, fuelling conflicts, and undermining international peace and security.

This event brings together diplomats, scholars, and practitioners whose work illustrates how disinformation is deployed by state and non-state actors, and why the international community urgently requires new legal, political, and technological frameworks to confront it.

Key note speaker:
Professor Jenny Town (United States)

Guest speakers:
Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko (Ukraine)
Mr Andrew Greene, ABC Journalist and Political Editor