• Former Research Associate, Eurasia

Michael J. Sheldon

Michael J. Sheldon is a former research associate for Eurasia at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) based in Washington, DC, where he led research on the DFRLab’s Minsk Monitor line of reporting.

Prior to joining the Atlantic Council, Michael worked as a research intern at the Hudson Institute and on the board of the Youth Atlantic Treaty Association.

September 2018

Breaking Ghouta

by Digital Forensic Research Lab

This report offers a record of serial violations of international norms and a basis for holding the perpetrators accountable for their atrocities.
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September 2018

Breaking Ghouta

by Lukas Andriukaitis, Emma Beals, Graham Brookie, Eliot Higgins, Faysal Itani, Ben Nimmo, Michael Sheldon, Elizabeth Tsurkov, Nick Waters

This report offers a record of serial violations of international norms and a basis for holding the perpetrators accountable for their atrocities.
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February 2018

#PutinAtWar: The Final Ride of the Valkyries

by Lukas Andriukaitis, Michael J. Sheldon

How information about a Russian mercenary attack and U.S. counterattack in Syria spread.
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