Editorial paper at Robert Lansing Institute

Djibouti’s Presidential Age Limit Abolition: Internal Dynamics and Implications

In late October 2025, Djibouti’s National Assembly voted unanimously to abolish the constitutional provision barring anyone over 75 from running for president. This move removed the last legal obstacle preventing…

October 28, 2025Djibouti

- Conflict Warfare

Hybrid War at the Border: Russia’s Covert Assault on Latvian Sovereignty

Latvia stands on the front line of NATO’s contest with Russian hybrid warfare. The threat is pervasive and evolving: cyber attacks, propaganda, subterfuge, and covert saboteurs can be as damaging in…

October 28, 2025Latvia, Russia

Geopolitics Intelligence ops National Security Peacekeeping

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff: Peacebroker or Pawn of Russian Interests?

Steve Witkoff’s tenure as Trump’s special envoy exemplifies a perilous fusion of inexperience, personal loyalties, and ideological bias in American diplomacy. His background as a dealmaking businessman and Trump confidant brought him…

October 27, 2025Russia, Ukraine, USA

Intelligence ops National Security

Beijing’s Honeypot Strategy: How China Adopts Russian Espionage Tactics in the United States

China, in the process of expanding its HUMINT (human intelligence) assets, is increasingly adopting Russian forms and methods of espionage. Recently, there has been a noticeable trend toward the active…

October 24, 2025China, Russia, USA

Democracy Governance

Côte d’Ivoire’s Fourth-Term Election: Democracy in Retreat

Even before ballots are cast, Côte d’Ivoire’s 25 October presidential election stands as a symbolic defeat for democracy. Incumbent President Alassane Ouattara is seeking a fourth term—an act that deepens constitutional…

October 24, 2025Cote d’Ivoire

- Corruption Democracy Geopolitics

EP Resolution Against Serbia, the silence on Radojičić and the politics of selective accountability

The European Parliament will once again turn its attention to Serbia’s deepening political crisis during its session in Strasbourg from October 20–23. The debate will culminate in the adoption of…

October 23, 2025EU, Serbia

Conflict Democracy Geopolitics

How the International Paralympic Committee Helped Moscow Break Its Isolation”

Russia is seeking to break out of political isolation and to “soften sanctions” in the non-military sphere — by overcoming restrictions in humanitarian areas, particularly sports, while simultaneously pushing the…

October 23, 2025Russia, Sanctions

Corruption Geoeconomics Geopolitics

HUxit: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Approaches the 2026 Election Under the Shadow of a Potential EU Suspension

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is approaching his re-election campaign, scheduled for April 2026, as the leader who has brought Hungary to the brink of losing its European Union membership through excessively close and corrupt…

October 22, 2025EU, Hungary

Geopolitics Governance

The Kremlin’s Shadow Game: SVR Exploits Rumors About Xi to Accelerate Power Shift in Russia”

The Russian leadership, represented by Patrushev and Naryshkin, is seeking to accelerate the power transition in the country by exploiting speculation about the health of the Chinese leader. The Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of…

October 22, 2025China, Russia

Corruption

Post-Dayton Reckoning: The Political Collapse of Milorad Dodik and the Future of Republika Srpska

The political downfall of Milorad Dodik, the long-serving leader of Republika Srpska (RS), marks a turning point in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) post-Dayton political landscape. Once perceived as the most…

October 21, 2025Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republica Srpska

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