Editorial paper at Robert Lansing Institute

South Sudan’s December 2026 Elections: Why a Vote Is Becoming Increasingly Difficult—and Potentially More Dangerous Than Another Delay

South Sudan is formally scheduled to hold its first national elections since independence on 22 December 2026. President Salva Kiir’s government insists that the vote will proceed, and in recent months…

September 15, 2026South Sudan

From National Priority to Welfare Nationalism: How Le Pen Is Using the Housing Crisis to Expand the RN Electorate

Emmanuelle Cosse, president of the Union sociale pour l’habitat (USH) and a former French housing minister, sharply criticized Marine Le Pen’s proposal to introduce “national priority” into housing policy—giving French…

September 15, 2026France

Intelligence ops Terrorism Warfare

Normandy as a Warning: The Accident Confirms RLI’s Forecast About the Vulnerability of Europe’s Railways

On Friday evening, At 7:45 p.m., between Tourville-la-Rivière and Elbeuf–Saint-Aubin stations, within the commune of Cléon (Seine-Maritime), approximately 15–20 km south of Rouen. AFP highlights an important detail: the site is…

September 14, 2026France, railroads

Geoeconomics Geopolitics Governance

One Against 26: How Fico Uses EU Unanimity in Moscow’s Interests

Slovakia remains the only EU member state that, at ambassadorial level in Brussels, has blocked the proposed 12-month extension of part of the anti-Russian sanctions, insisting on retaining a six-month…

September 11, 2026Slovakia

Democracy Geopolitics Governance

Rozwój Plus as a Challenge to PiS: Morawiecki Builds an Alternative Center of the Polish Right

A conflict is deepening within the local structures of Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS) in Lublin, potentially reflecting a broader struggle over the future configuration of Poland’s right-wing conservative camp.…

September 10, 2026Poland

Geopolitics Intelligence ops

The End of the “Budapest Exception”: Hungary Dismantles Russia’s Influence Infrastructure

Hungary’s decision to declare ten employees of the Russian diplomatic mission personae non gratae is one of the clearest signals of a shift in Budapest’s security and foreign-policy model since…

September 9, 2026Hungary

Intelligence ops National Security

Leipzig, Serbia and Russia’s Shadow War: Coincidence, Corridor or Network?

The attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport was supposed to be a German security story. It is rapidly becoming a Serbian one. On August 4, an explosives-laden drone was discovered…

September 8, 2026Russia, Serbia

Democracy Governance

“The Result Before the Vote: How the Kremlin Is Engineering the 2026 State Duma Elections”

Russia’s parliamentary elections on September 18–20, 2026, are taking place under conditions in which the main parameters of political competition are largely determined before voting even begins. The long-term elimination…

September 8, 2026elections, Russia

Democracy War crimes

Mladić as a Symptom, Rather Than the Subject

Ratko Mladić is dead. But the political world that made him a hero to some, a general to others, and a convicted perpetrator of genocide in the eyes of international…

September 7, 2026Serbia

Intelligence ops

Closing Russia’s Diplomatic Back Door: Poland Targets Moscow’s Intelligence Infrastructure in Europe

Against the backdrop of intensifying Russian hybrid activity in Europe, Poland is calling for a systematic reduction of Russia’s diplomatic presence across the European Union. Warsaw’s initiative envisages not only…

September 7, 2026Russia

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