Editorial paper at Robert Lansing Institute

Pentagon Acquisition of a Suspected “Havana Syndrome” Device: Evidence Convergence, Russian Signatures, and the GRU’s Directed-Energy Playbook

New CNN reporting indicates that the U.S. Department of Defense—via a covert procurement involving Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)—acquired and tested a portable device believed by some investigators to be linked…

January 14, 2026GRU, Havana Syndrome, Russia, USA

Geopolitics

Moscow’s “Greenland” Provocation: How Russia Raises the Political Cost of the U.S. Arctic Strategy

Dmitry Medvedev’s statements should be viewed as an instrument of information pressure designed to destabilize the U.S. position by imposing a toxic Greenland-related agenda on Washington. Russia is reframing the…

January 14, 2026Greenland, Russia, USA

Geopolitics Intelligence ops Psyops

Russia Expands Its “Russian Houses” Network in Africa — and Staffs It With Former Mercenaries

Yevgeny Primakov Jr., head of Rossotrudnichestvo, claims that the Wagner Group was involved in opening “Russian Houses” in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Mali. It is also reported that around 26…

January 13, 2026Africa, Russia, Wagner Group

Conflict Governance

Wagner’s Blowback in the Central African Republic: Fresh Violence Tests Touadéra’s Third Mandate

Just days after being sworn in for a third term, Central African Republic (CAR) President Faustin-Archange Touadéra is facing a destabilizing spike in violence in the country’s remote south-east, where…

January 12, 2026CAR, Wagner Group

Democracy Governance

Diaspora power and the 2025 Kosovo elections

Mandate, Momentum, and a Democratic Dilemma The December 2025 snap parliamentary elections in Kosovo marked a turning point after nearly a year of institutional paralysis. Vetëvendosje (VV), led by Albin Kurti,…

January 12, 2026Kosovo

Geopolitics Warfare

Exporting Risk: Russia’s Missile Strategy to Stretch U.S. Power From Ukraine to the Gulf

The Asia Live reports that even if the alleged transfer of Iskander missile systems to Iran is merely an element of an information-psychological operation, the very strategy of “managed uncertainty” is already creating…

January 12, 2026

Drug trafficking Governance National Security Warfare

Trump’s Threats to “Hit Land” in Mexico: Escalation Logic, Operational Limits, and Political Effects

In early January 2026, President Donald Trump signaled that the U.S. would begin “hitting land” against drug cartels, asserting that cartels are “running Mexico,” and suggesting that military action could…

January 9, 2026Mexico, USA

- Geopolitics Nonproliferation

Strategic Asymmetry Before New START Expiry: How Russia Is Weaponizing Transparency Collapse in the Nuclear Domain

Russia’s actions are generating a critical situation of strategic asymmetry in the nuclear domain on the eve of the expiration of the New START Treaty, scheduled for 5 February 2026. Since 2023, Moscow’s suspension…

January 9, 2026nuclear weapons, Russia, USA

Democracy Governance

Uganda’s January 15, 2026 Elections: Managed Continuity, High Repression Risk, and Uncertain Post-Vote Stability

Uganda heads into presidential and parliamentary elections on 15 January 2026 under conditions that strongly favor the incumbent and constrain the opposition’s ability to campaign and mobilize. The Electoral Commission has formally…

January 8, 2026elections, Uganda

Geoeconomics National Security

The Graham Sanctions Bill: Strategic Escalation Against Russia’s Shadow Economy

What the Lindsey Graham Sanctions Bill Is—and What It Signals The sanctions initiative associated with Lindsey Graham represents a qualitative escalation in U.S. economic warfare against Russia. Unlike earlier sanctions rounds that focused primarily…

January 8, 2026Russia, Sanctions, USA

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