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Turkish-Romanian Defense Deal a Model for Europe
A defense deal signed by Turkish and Romanian arms companies shows a route to enhanced industrial cooperation across Europe. Source:...
5 hours ago


Putin’s peace plan is a blueprint for the end of Ukrainian statehood
Source: antikor.com.ua The memorandum presented by the Russian Federation during recent bilateral talks with Ukraine in Istanbul was...
1 day ago


Kazakhstan and the Russian Tightrope
President Tokayev has restored order since “Bloody January” and boosted Kazakhstan’s image, but Russia’s economic weakness and tougher US...
2 days ago


Russian hybrid warfare: Ukraine’s success offers lessons for Europe
Source: Atlantic Council As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine continues, the Kremlin is also rapidly escalating its hybrid war...
5 days ago


The Booming China-Russia Drone Alliance
The Russia-China axis is expanding as engineers from both sides work side-by-side to produce lethal drone technology. By David Kirichenko...
6 days ago


The world in black and white
The last few months have seen subtle and less subtle shifts in the pro-Kremlin messaging about Ukraine and ongoing international...
Jun 11


How Russia Prepared Crimea and Donetsk for Attack
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 followed decades of work to assert control over Crimea and Donbas. The playbook will be...
Jun 10


An unpleasant incident
The Kremlin downplays Ukraine’s devastating attack on Russian military airfields, looking for distractions and feebly recycling old lies...
Jun 9


Putin Turns Peace Efforts to Rubble
Europe must respond more rapidly and with greater determination to halt the Kremlin’s war of aggression. By Nico Lange Source: SES of...
Jun 6


Unpacking Russia’s cyber nesting doll
When the Russian government launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, many Western observers braced for digital...
Jun 5


Georgia’s Foreign Agents law: protecting sovereignty or attacking civil society?
Georgia’s authorities have started a disinformation campaign ahead of the application of a new Foreign Agents law. A new law is...
Jun 4


History Wars: Lithuania’s Next
Smears, nit-picking, and conspiracy theories are ammunition for the Kremlin. By Edward Lucas History, in the hands of Kremlin...
Jun 3


The French did it? The Kremlin playbook strikes again
The week before saw a new, yet familiar narrative circulate aimed at discrediting the democratic elections in Romania and stirring...
Jun 2


From Screen to Battlefield: Constructing the Image of the Enemy on Russian Television
As recently as early 2014, 66% of Russians had a positive attitude toward Ukraine and Ukrainians, but within a year, Kremlin propaganda...
May 30


Ukraine Cites Mossad as Assassinations Multiply
Kyiv’s patiently constructed intelligence services and their assassins have more targets in their sights. It’s never difficult to...
May 29


Hot Shots: Cold Sweats
Europe’s not ready. And Putin knows it. By Edward Lucas. Source: NATO Force Integration Unit Latvia With every day that passes, Europe...
May 27


Belarus: the campaign to harass and lure back exiled political opponents
The 21st of May marks the International Day of Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Belarus. We look at how the regime in Belarus has...
May 26


How Russia Mobilises Troops in Ukraine’s Occupied Territories
Russia has occupied parts of Ukraine for over ten years. The Center for Information Resilience (CIR) and the Detector Media Research...
May 23


Yielding Crimea Would Weigh Heavy on Ukraine
If Ukraine sacrifices Crimea in return for promises of peace, it will set a precedent for further conflict, and split the country. There...
May 22


Exposing and analysing Russia’s FIMI operations
On March 19, the EU HRVP Kaja Kallas presented the 3rd EEAS Report(opens in a new tab) on Foreign Information Manipulation and...
May 21
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