None of this is to deny that Russia, China, or Iran might take an interest in Irish discontent; great powers, like bored cats, will paw at anything that moves. But the more pressing curiosity is the unexamined role of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue itself presented, with a straight face, as a neutral referee in the global struggle against “misinformation,” despite its clear origins within the Anglo-American security ecosystem, funding from Biden-era State Department nevermind its founder’s cheerleading role for Zionism.

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