Editorial paper at Robert Lansing Institute

Hungary’s Pivot to Moscow: Implications for U.S. Strategy, NATO Unity, and the Trump Administration”

Why now — Strategic timing and immediate context Orbán’s 2025 Moscow visit is less a symbolic gesture than a calculated strategic move — aimed at securing Hungary’s energy future ahead…

November 28, 2025Hungary, Russia, USA

Coup Democracy Drug trafficking

A Narco-State in Flux: Why the 2025 Guinea-Bissau Coup Creates Space for Russian Influence

26–27 November 2025, the army ousted President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and installed Gen. Horta N’Ta Na Man as transitional leader. Guinea-Bissau is a small, chronically unstable state where three fault lines overlap:…

November 27, 2025Guinea-Bissau

Governance Intelligence ops

Why Armenia Is Creating a Foreign Counterintelligence Service: Aims, Drivers, and Consequences

Strategic Context: The Collapse of the Russian Security Umbrella Armenia’s decision to build a dedicated foreign counterintelligence (CI) capability reflects a radical shift in Yerevan’s security doctrine.Three structural changes underpin the move:…

November 26, 2025Armenia

Intelligence ops

Inside the Romanian Passport Fraud Network: Russia’s Covert Path into the EU

Romanian law enforcement authorities have conducted searches as part of an investigation into a criminal network involved in producing fake passports and birth certificates for residents of former Soviet states,…

November 26, 2025Romania, Russia

Corruption Democracy Propaganda and Disinformation

The Red Cross Under Moscow’s Control: Risks for the Global Humanitarian System

The Russian Red Cross (RRC) continues to receive international funding despite evidence of its close cooperation with pro-Kremlin structures and its involvement in projects on the occupied territories of Ukraine.In…

November 26, 2025RedCross, Russia, Ukraine

Geopolitics Governance Intelligence ops National Security

Mali as a Russian Bridgehead: The Kremlin’s Expansion and the Erosion of U.S. Power in the Sahel”

Russia, entering Mali under the pretext of “assistance in overcoming the fuel crisis,” is in fact constructing a new infrastructure of influence that directly undermines U.S. interests in the Sahel.…

November 25, 2025Mali, Russia, USA

Corruption Drug trafficking migration

The Kremlin’s Shadow Routes: Russia’s Control of Migration and Drug Flows into Europe”

Sweden’s Chief of Defence, Lieutenant General Mikael Claesson, stated that Russia’s acts of hybrid warfare against the West are not limited to deploying drones, conducting cyberattacks, and carrying out acts…

November 24, 2025Russia

Conflict Geopolitics Governance

The 28-Point Mirage: A Critical Assessment of the “Peace Plan” to End the Russia–Ukraine War through the Lens of Senator Lindsey Graham

The recently leaked 28-point plan to end the Russia–Ukraine war has already generated alarm among U.S. lawmakers — most prominently Senator Lindsey Graham, who has denounced the initiative as strategically incoherent, diplomatically illegitimate,…

November 21, 2025Russia, Ukraine, USA

Democracy Governance

Kosovo’s political reset: what the dissolution of parliament reveals about governance and crisis

Before dissolving parliament, President Osmani urged deputies to pass a budget extension, an appeal that underscored how fragile the moment has become. Without it, Kosovo enters the new year unable…

November 20, 2025Kosovo

Governance ideology Peacekeeping

Delegitimising Dmitriev: From Surrogate Diplomat to Defiant Propagandist

The diplomatic fiasco of Vladimir Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev has already taken place—and is irreversible. Yet he continues to seek a way back into the game, betting on propaganda…

November 20, 2025Russia, Ukraine, USA

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