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Hungary at War Without Troops: Viktor Orbán’s Alignment With Russia and the Hybrid Assault on Europe

Despite Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s repeated attempts to cloak his parliamentary pre-election campaign, scheduled for April, in pacifist rhetoric, it is increasingly difficult to sustain the claim that Hungary remains…

January 27, 2026Hungary, Ukraine

Geoeconomics National Security Warfare

China’s Hidden Role in Russia’s Missile War: Mapping the Electronics Supply Chain

China is becoming a party to the Russia–Ukraine conflict by increasing supplies of components to enterprises of Russia’s military-industrial complex, including those used in the production and modernization of missiles…

January 26, 2026China, Russia, Sanctions

Governance Intelligence ops

From Counterintelligence to Domestic Control: The Strategic Logic of Germany’s BND Expansion

According to the German chancellor’s plans, Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND) is expected to significantly expand its surveillance capabilities. Particular attention will be devoted to internet communications transmitted from Germany…

January 23, 2026BND, Germany

- Governance Propaganda and Disinformation

Orbán’s Nuclear Fear Campaign: How Budapest Turns EU Safety Guidance Into a Political Weapon

Viktor Orbán continues his political war with Brussels. Viktor Orbán’s government has responded irresponsibly to security recommendations for all European Union citizens developed in the European Parliament by politicians from…

January 22, 2026Hungary

Governance

Political Reform in Kazakhstan: Why It’s Seen as “Political Transit,” Who Drives It, and What Comes Next

Kazakhstan’s political reforms since 2022 are widely described as “political transit” because they are not merely technical adjustments to election law or institutions—they represent a managed transition of the post-Nazarbayev order into a new…

January 21, 2026Kazakhstan

Conflict Intelligence ops

Russia’s “Ukraine Playbook” in Armenia: Likelihood, Triggers, Actors, and Scenarios

A full-scale Russian invasion of Armenia “like Ukraine 2022” is less likely in the near term because Armenia is geographically constrained, is not Russia’s immediate borderland in the same way Ukraine is, and would risk…

January 21, 2026Armenia, Baltic, Moldova, Russia

Geopolitics

Russia Revives Its Security Partnership with Syria After Assad’s Fall

Russia is rebuilding its security partnership with Syria following the collapse of the Assad regime and the rise to power of Ahmed al-Sharaa. Despite an initial cooling of relations, Moscow…

January 20, 2026Russia, Syria, USA

Democracy Governance

Protests in Iran (Dec 2025–Jan 2026): Prospects for the Regime and the Future of Democracy

Iran is experiencing the most lethal protest wave in decades, triggered by economic collapse dynamics (currency depreciation, inflation, cost-of-living shock) and amplified by accumulated political rage. Death toll reporting varies…

January 19, 2026Iran

Economy Geoeconomics Geopolitics

Orbán’s ‘EU of 26’: A Slip of the Tongue—or a Signal of Huxit Thinking?”

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán referred to “26 EU member states” while discussing the bloc’s collective financial support for Ukraine, despite the fact that the European Union has 27 members.…

January 19, 2026EU, Hungary, Huxit

Democracy Intelligence ops National Security

Russia’s “Internet Kill Switch” Export: How Moscow Helped Iran Crush Protests

Russia allegedly helped Iran disable mobile communications and isolate the country from the global Internet as mass anti-government protests escalated into the most serious domestic challenge the Islamic Republic has…

January 16, 2026Cyberattacks, Iran, Russia

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