Editorial paper at Robert Lansing Institute

Inside Moscow’s Alaska ADIZ Playbook

The Alaska ADIZ probes are designed to be cheap for Moscow and expensive for NORAD—operationally, financially, and politically. Treat them as a managed-risk, cost-imposition campaign: lower the collision probability, cut the cost…

September 26, 2025Russia, USA

Democracy Governance

Removal of Presidential Term Limits in Chad: Who Benefits—and What Comes Next

After winning a disputed presidential election in May 2024 and consolidating a parliamentary majority, the presidency holds the legislative votes and coercive capacity to rewrite constitutional guardrails. Removing term limits…

September 25, 2025Chad

Democracy Governance Intelligence ops National Security

The Kiriyenko Blueprint: Turning Moldova’s Election into an Operation

Elections on Sept. 28 will set Moldova’s course: a pro-European future or a return to Russia’s orbit. For years, Moscow has sought to bring Moldova to heel—through the buying of politicians,…

September 25, 2025

Geopolitics National Security Nonproliferation

Russia–North Korea Pact Adds a Dangerous Front for Washington

The foreign ministers of the United States, Japan and South Korea warned of the grave security risks posed by Russia’s deepening military cooperation with North Korea. Moscow’s backing for Pyongyang’s…

September 24, 2025DPRK, Russia, USA

Democracy Intelligence ops National Security

Ballots and Provocations: Moscow’s Election Gambit in Moldova

Less than a week before parliamentary elections, Moldovan authorities conducted 250 searches targeting more than 100 people amid suspicions that Russia is attempting to destabilize the country and sway the…

September 23, 2025Moldova, Russia

Democracy Governance

Guinea Votes on a Controversial New Constitution — What’s at Stake

uinea’s September 21, 2025 constitutional referendum is the pivotal moment of the country’s post-coup “transition.” The draft charter would lengthen presidential terms, create a Senate with seats the president can…

September 22, 2025Guinea

Geopolitics National Security Nonproliferation

The standoff over the New START arms-control treaty underscores a serious threat to the United States from Russia.

With treaty visibility gone, allies relying on the U.S. nuclear guarantee face more uncertainty, while the United States must budget for hedge capabilities and monitoring alternatives (national technical means, open-source,…

September 22, 2025nuclear weapons, Russia, USA

Democracy Governance

Kozak’s Deals vs. Kiriyenko’s Political Tech

On September 18, 2025, Vladimir Putin signed a decree relieving Dmitry Kozak of his duties as Deputy Chief of Staffof the Presidential Administration. The Kremlin says he resigned “at his own request,” and Russian…

September 19, 2025Kiriyenko, Kozak, Russia

Coup Governance

GRU, SVR, and the Georgescu–Potra plot to destabilize Romania

Romanian prosecutors have sent former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu to trial for attempted coup / actions against constitutional order, alongside ex–French Foreign Legionnaire Horațiu Potra and 21 others. The case sits inside a broader picture…

September 18, 2025Romania, Russia

Intelligence ops Propaganda and Disinformation

SVR’s Narrative on EU Interference in Serbia: Claims, Risks, and Reality”

Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) continues to discredit itself by taking part in disinformation campaigns targeting foreign leaders. These operations are framed as part of Moscow’s effort to counter Western…

September 17, 2025Russia, Serbia

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Inside Moscow’s Alaska ADIZ Playbook

Removal of Presidential Term Limits in Chad: Who Benefits—and What Comes Next

The Kiriyenko Blueprint: Turning Moldova’s Election into an Operation

Russia–North Korea Pact Adds a Dangerous Front for Washington

Ballots and Provocations: Moscow’s Election Gambit in Moldova

Guinea Votes on a Controversial New Constitution — What’s at Stake

The standoff over the New START arms-control treaty underscores a serious threat to the United States from Russia.

Kozak’s Deals vs. Kiriyenko’s Political Tech

GRU, SVR, and the Georgescu–Potra plot to destabilize Romania

SVR’s Narrative on EU Interference in Serbia: Claims, Risks, and Reality”

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