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Underwater incidents, above-water lies
As undersea infrastructure in the Baltic gets cut, the Kremlin’s disinformation machine churns out cut-and-paste denials and deflections....
Feb 13


Using NATO’s Article 5 Against Hybrid Attacks
Hybrid warfare against NATO nations should trigger the doctrine of collective defense. But how would it work in practice? By Eitvydas...
Feb 12


Europe — Look East to Rebuild the Western Alliance
Europe needs to embrace the incoming Trump administration’s priorities if it wants to strengthen transatlantic relationships....
Jan 13


NATO draws up plans for its own fleet of naval surveillance drones
MILAN — The NATO alliance has begun planning for its own fleet of unmanned boats meant to help protect critical undersea infrastructure...
Dec 10, 2024


NATO to revise strategy on how to tackle hybrid warfare
The military alliance is looking for more ways to protect members' assets from sabotage by actors such as Russia and China. There is even...
Dec 9, 2024


How to Counter Russia’s Hybrid Threats? First, Make Them a Priority
Moscow’s hybrid war on the West needs a robust and smart response, which means coordinated action from the European Union. The hybrid...
Nov 28, 2024


Russia and China: Two Countries, One Threat
Since the outbreak of all-out war in Ukraine, debate has raged in the US on whether the Russian and Chinese threats can be separated....
Nov 21, 2024


Making Russia Pay for Hybrid Attacks
There is a range of actions the West can take to counter Russia‘s malign activities. With the problem worsening, they need to be swiftly...
Nov 19, 2024


The High North: NATO Confronts Russian and Chinese Ambitions
The Arctic region, once an isolated expanse of ice and silence, is rapidly transforming into a key geopolitical focal point. This is how...
Nov 15, 2024


The Kremlin who cried, ‘West!’
The Kremlin’s disinformation peddlers have long since tried to build the perception of Russia being allegedly under siege by malicious...
Jun 6, 2024


All the others are wrong!
In Russia, there is no more important subject for Kremlin propagandists than blaming others, especially Brussels and Washington, for...
May 28, 2024


Putin’s re-election and the messages it brings
A lot has already been reported about the so-called presidential elections in Russia during 15-17 March. There were no surprises, and...
Mar 25, 2024


Years of war
24 February was a sombre day marking two years of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine. The war has also been a cyber...
Mar 12, 2024


Russia is losing the economic war: the West must not lose its nerve now
Despite a whiff of 1938 defeatism in Munich, nobody should be fooled by Putin’s fantasies. Russia is running a ‘hot’ war economy. Defence...
Feb 27, 2024


Russian milbloggers falsely accuse Kazakhstan of opening a NATO military facility
Russian military bloggers threatened the Central Asian nation after it opened a new conference hall at a training center for UN...
Feb 14, 2024


Time to take a step forward from analysis to a collective response
The latest EEAS report on FIMI threats reveals how foreign powers are systematically undermining democracies. This is not just an attack...
Feb 7, 2024


Russian and Belarusian information operations targeting relations between Poland and Lithuania
INTRODUCTION Relations between Lithuania and Poland have been steadily improving recently, and since the beginning of Russia's brutal war...
Dec 14, 2023


NATO aspirant country blames NATO for Russia’s war on Ukraine
Georgia wants to join the military alliance and the EU, but prime minister’s new remarks won’t go down well. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...
Jun 6, 2023


NATO should offer Ukraine a membership plan now
While the coalition of allies and partners supporting Ukraine has been highly effective in providing operational support, it has not had...
May 5, 2023


NATO deterrence and defence: Military priorities for the Vilnius Summit
Source NATO Force Integration Unit Lithuania At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s July summit in Vilnius, the focus will...
Apr 21, 2023
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