Editorial paper at Robert Lansing Institute

Early elections will only fix Vucic’s problems, not Serbia’s

Elections scheduled for December 17 in Serbia will not provide Serbian citizens with a European future as the candidates vying for power are merely recycled politicians and Slobodan Milosevic’s fascist…

November 7, 2023Serbia

Corruption Democracy Governance

Bukele’s bid for presidency shows political corruption and authoritarian development of El Salvador

The Salvadoran Constitutional Court undermines democracy and makes country slide towards a more authoritarian future. El Salvador’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal on November 3rd ruled President Nayib Bukele can run for reelection next year, even though the country’s…

November 6, 2023Nayib Bukele, Salvador

Governance

Reasons and indicators for political shifts in Russia

Russian online resources, affiliated with the FSB and personally Nikolai Patrushev, the Security Council Head, starting from October 26, 2023, have been spreading information on the death of Russian President…

November 2, 2023Putin, Russia

Corruption Governance Intelligence ops

Viktor Orbán’s vulnerability: ways to blackmail Hungary’s Prime Minister

Challenging pro-Russian policy by Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán creates rumors and suspicion that Moscow has dirt on him, with the Kremlin shaking him down to be its rat in the EU…

October 31, 2023Hungary, Naryshkin, Russia, SVR

Intelligence ops National Security

Russians recruit Norwegians for military and sabotage operations in Northern Europe

The Russian Geographical Society (RGS) is trying to recruit Norwegians to collect information about local military bases and energy infrastructure facilities. This fact confirms our earlier conclusions about possible preparation…

October 25, 2023GRU, Norway, Russia, The Russian Geographical Society

Democracy Governance

Israel leaders and Jewish elites in Russia fail to notice rising anti-Semitism.

With indifferent Jewish elites living in authoritarian regimes, the Jews have always suffered from anti-Jewish riots, and persecution. The respond by Russians to Israel-Palestine conflict shows not just sympathy for…

October 23, 2023anti-semitism, Russia

National Security Nonproliferation Terrorism

Hamas attack on Israel reveals shady arms shipments to terrorists

Although we have not found direct evidence proving Moscow’s involvement in supplying the Hamas movement with North Korean weapons, there is a very high probability of such copartnership. Particularly, collaboration of the…

October 20, 2023DPRK, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Russia

Energy Intelligence ops National Security

Indicators that Russians have attacked subsea facilities in Europe

The attacks on the Nord Stream and Balticconector made it possible to define common features in preparing these sabotage operations. More on this story: Further sabotage targeting offshore energy facilities…

October 18, 2023GRU, Russia

Democracy Governance

The President Barrow demonstrates a U-turn to the dictatorship in the Gambia

Gambian President Adama Barrow who defeated in 2016 his predecessor Yahya Jammeh in a presidential election, ending 22 years of dictatorship seems to pave the way back to autocracy. The arrest of journalists and critics has diminished press freedom in the Gambia and…

October 16, 2023Gambia

Energy Intelligence ops

Further sabotage targeting offshore energy facilities in the Baltic, Norwegian, Barents and North seas remains highly likely

The Balticconnector incident confirmed RLI's February forecast of a high likelihood of significant sabotage threats at European offshore energy facilities in the second half of 2023. The purpose of such attacks,…

October 13, 2023Estonia, Finland, Russia

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