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Sympathy With the Devil: The Lie of NATO Expansion

The Kremlin has accomplished something that even its most fervent propagandists might have considered impossible: Western figures now...

Mar 27

Wide Awake and Busy: The Baltics Prepare for Russian Hybrid Attacks

Not all European Union countries are prepared to counter Russia’s hybrid threats, but proximity has increased awareness and readiness in...

Mar 24

NATO’s capability development: A call for urgent reform

Photo by Marina Militare In today’s fast-evolving security environment, NATO finds itself at a critical crossroads. Rapid technological...

Mar 21

Why Russia has been trying to take Crimea for centuries: myths and true facts about the peninsula

The information component has long been an integral part of modern conflicts. Ukraine has always been the target of Russia’s massive...

Mar 20

What we have learnt about FIMI after three years of full-scale war in Ukraine

By Mykola Balaban and Serhii Zhukov The modern level of economic, political, and informational globalisation offers vast opportunities...

Mar 19

Belarus: Lukashenka’s sham election and shift towards a Chinese political model

On 26 January 2025, Belarusian dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka announced his ‘overwhelming’ victory in his seventh presidential election,...

Mar 18

The Baltics Adapt to Trump

The Baltic states have had the US as a steadfast ally since the end of Cold War but may now have to build regional defenses as Washington...

Mar 17

Ghosts Haunt Poland’s Future

The prospect of the US abandoning Europe is raising profound questions in Warsaw. Poland is nearing a crossroads. It has been there...

Mar 14

The Myth of Russia’s "Friendship Within the Nations": How Telegram Destroys It

Despite the premise of tolerance and protection of ethnic minority rights in Russia promoted by state propaganda, a network of propaganda...

Mar 13

Schadenfreude over the abyss

Pro-Kremlin disinformation operators have tried to smear, delegitimise and humiliate Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy since his...

Mar 12

Reminder: Russia wants war, not peace

Lately, the aether is abuzz with the word ‘peace’. From providing the backdrop for stormy meetings at the Oval Office, to dominating the...

Mar 11

Russia’s Interference Freezes NATO Exercise

Moscow’s hybrid war has stopped a NATO military exercise in Romania. President Vladimir Putin’s disruptive meddling is causing serious...

Mar 10

China on peace in Ukraine: What to expect based on the track record of Beijing’s narratives

With US President Donald Trump’s opening talks with Moscow on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, denying Russia’s role as an...

Mar 7

The end of transit: Russian propaganda in search of new ways for Russian gas

The Ukrainian-Russian agreement on the transit of Russian gas to European countries expired on January 1, 2025. This step severed the...

Mar 5

North Korea Fighting Against Ukraine: How and Why Russian Propaganda Denies It

Since the full-scale invasion, discussions have occasionally arisen about the so-called “Korean scenario” for Ukraine. In 2022, “...

Mar 4

‘Freedom Is Dearer Than Life’ Says Jailed Georgian Journalist

From prison, Mzia Amaglobeli has become a symbol of resistance against Georgia’s oppressive pro-Russian elite. In a photograph taken in...

Feb 28

Why is the Kremlin so hung up on smearing Zelenskyy?

According to the Kremlin: A drug addict, a dictator and a puppet, oligarch, collector of Nazi memorabilia and a Nazi himself, an agent...

Feb 27

Paper bear: the myth of Russian invincibility is blackmail for negotiations

The Kremlin’s flirtation with the idea of Russia’s invincibility started way before the recent heated Munich Security Conference . In...

Feb 24

China Speaks to Europe in the Language of the Wolf

The appointment of a new diplomatic supremo for Europe sends a harsh message on Beijing’s next steps. When the president of the European...

Feb 21

The Kremlin’s energy myths melt away

The colder it gets, the more desperate pro-Kremlin disinformation becomes. This winter, the usual scare stories about Europe’s supposed...

Feb 20