Information Disorder as a Geopolitical Risk Multiplier: The United States-South Africa Case, 2025-2026
Policy brief no. 21 | September 2026
By Aaliyah Vayez
Disinformation is no longer a contained domestic challenge. It has become a mechanism of foreign policy formation. This brief argues that false and misleading claims, once amplified by political elites and digital platforms, migrate across borders and reshape interstate relations. Disinformation acts as a geopolitical risk multiplier: it erodes domestic democratic trust while driving diplomatic isolation, market uncertainty, and bloc realignment abroad.
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