Editorial paper at Robert Lansing Institute

GEC Special Report Kremlin-Funded Media: RT and Sputnik’s Role in Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem, 2022

Russian state-funded and state-directed media outlets RT and Sputnik are critical elements in Russia’s disinformation and propaganda ecosystem. In an August 2020 report, the U.S. Department of State’s Global Engagement…

February 8, 2022RT

Coup Drug trafficking

Guinea-Bissau’s foiled coup: linked to drug or against French-friendly President

According to various accounts, gunmen entered the government palace complex – which houses the various ministries on the outskirts of Bissau, the capital, near the airport – in the early…

February 4, 2022Guinea-Bissau

Geopolitics

Moscow tries to use the UN mandate in its CSTO-flagged operations

Russia plans to give the UN peacekeeper status to the CSTO-controlled forces so that it could use them in favor of the Kremlin. Thus, Moscow wants to get a green…

February 2, 2022CSTO, Russia, United Nations

Governance Intelligence ops

Escalation of internal standoff within the Kremlin testifies to weakness of Moscow’s regime

Moscow’s latest foreign policy statements and their disinformation campaign observed amid the aggravation of the security situation in Europe are associated with the confrontation boiling between the key political institutional…

January 28, 2022Russia

Democracy Governance

Political Crisis in Honduras threatens new government and President’s rule

A legislative crisis threatened to derail the government. Pressure has been growing to find a way out of a political impasse that resulted in two rival congressional leadership teams. The first team…

January 28, 2022Honduras

Coup Governance

Burkina Faso: yet another military coup – a void for Russia to fill

Burkina Faso coup weakens Paris' local alliances, emboldens jihadists controlling large swathes of territory and gives the opportunity for Russia to fill the vacuum. This coup puts the French in…

January 26, 2022Burkina Faso, France, Russia

Conflict Warfare

Assessment of Russia’s capability to use Belarus territory as military springboard for invasion

The risks of further escalation around Ukraine are rising against the backdrop of the movement of Russian troops into Belarus. The Alexander Lukashenko regime has ultimately lost its independence and…

January 20, 2022Belarus, Russia, Ukraine

Geopolitics Intelligence ops

Putin trying to replay Cold War in his favor

Russia is moving farther along the path an escalation of the situation near the borders of the United States. Confidence is building up that the Russians are now returning to…

January 18, 2022Cuba, Russia

Intelligence ops National Security

Havana Syndrome: a fact of Russia’s hostility against U.S. diplomats

U.S. diplomats keep on reporting cases of Havana Syndrome, deliberately caused by Russia. Starting from the 1960s, the facts analyzed point to the cases of microwave radiation used by the…

January 14, 2022Microwave weapons, Russia

Conflict Intelligence ops

Damage to SvalSat cable proves Russia further upping stakes

Against the background of Russia's negotiations with NATO and the OSCE, the NATO Allies’ infrastructure comes under attack. Therefore the Kremlin continues to search for vulnerabilities of the United States…

January 13, 2022GUGI, Russia Norway

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