Editorial paper at Robert Lansing Institute

Ideological basis of Kremlin’s policy in confronting the West

The Kremlin's response to the car explosion of Russian neo-Nazi Alexander Dugin’s daughter has turned the spotlight on to the ideological values cultivated in Russia over the last decade. Collapse…

September 5, 2022Nazi, Russia

Democracy Governance

Beja community authority in Sudan splits and threatens to gain an authonomy

The drift of Khartoum junta regime away from democracy stimulates minorities in the East of Sudan to fight for self-determination. Disputes within the High Council of Beja Nazirs and Independent…

September 1, 2022Eritrea, Sudan

Intelligence ops National Security

The Iron Curtain reborn as the only way to stop expanding Russian aggression

In June 2021, the RLI emphasized the need to partially return the deterrents used for Moscow in Soviet times: the Iron Curtain, as a way to restrict Russians’ entry into…

August 31, 2022Russia

Democracy Geopolitics

China tries to oust US out of the Oceania region since it cuts Washington’s ties with island states

The US Coast Guard vessel incident in the Solomon Islands clearly proves Honiara’s slow transition under control of China. Despite the island authorities’ denial of their plan to allow stationing Chinese military…

August 30, 2022China, Solomon Islands, USA

Governance profile

Psychological profile of Russia’s Foreign Minister

Sergey Lavrov is one of the few Kremlin officials who has been holding ministerial office for 18 years and shapes the country’s foreign policy. As of now, the head of…

August 26, 2022Lavrov

Geopolitics

Fear for violence in the north of Kosovo: Escobar and Lajçak trying to find a solution before September

The ongoing tensions in the north of Kosovo, have once again activated the American diplomacy to push the processes forward in the dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. Respectively, this time the…

August 26, 2022Kosovo, Serbia

Corruption Democracy

Guatemala’s President Giammattei hit the bottom of corruption involvement

Guatemala is rapidly sinking back into authoritarianism. Despite expressing a rhetorical commitment to fighting corruption, the Guatemalan state ultimately remains more interested and invested in defending entrenched traditions of elite impunity…

August 24, 2022Guatemala

Democracy Governance

Angola elections: estimations and scenarios

A close race between incumbent Angolan President Joao Lourenco and opposition leader Adalberto Costa Junior is a likely result of presidential race. Mass rigging could be a trigger for violence in Angola after general elections of August…

August 23, 2022Angola, MPLA, UNITA

Governance ideology Intelligence ops

Russia: battle for power

An attempt to kill Alexander Dugin, one of the key ‘Russian world’ ideologues, ended up with the death of his daughter Darya, as Kremlin’s pressure groups keep fighting to gain…

August 23, 2022FSB, GRU, Russia

Terrorism

Zawahiri’s death raises questions about Al-Qaeda further move and potential threats to Morocco

After death of al-Qaeda chief, Ayman Zawahiri, who was killed in a US drone strike in the Afghan capital Kabul, al-Qaeda scholars suggested that Moroccan Abd al-Rahman al-Maghribi (Mohamed Abaytah) could be potentially a…

August 19, 2022Al Qaeda, Al Shabaab, Iran

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