Posted inGeopolitics
Serbia’s dangerous alliances and influences
Serbia is a country that constantly tries to play the role of “big brother” in the Western Balkans, even if it creates problems with its neighbor countries, or even interfering…
Posted inGovernance
Côte d’Ivoire to preserve stability if President Ouattara gives democratic response to legislative election results
After months of political turmoil, voters in Ivory Coast choosed legislators in elections on Saturday, March 6th. The poll is seen as a test for the nation’s stability after the presidential election in October was marred by…
Posted inDemocracy Governance
El Salvador is distancing from democracy under the populist President Bukele, nearing authoritarian trend
The election in El Salvador confirmed fears that there will soon be few checks left to rein in Bukele’s authoritarian drift. The danger at this moment is the functioning of democratic institutions. …
Posted inIntelligence ops
Covert arms transfer schemes for terrorism network
In 2017-2018, Gen Nicholson claimed Russia had conducted a series of exercises on the Afghan border with Tajikistan. "These are counter terrorism exercises," said Gen Nicholson, "but we've seen the Russian…
Posted inMust Read PDF Terrorism
Disrupting the ISI-Taliban Relationship: a Principal-agent Approach, 2018
This study by Naval Postgraduate school, Monterey, California, argues hat principal-agent theory provides a unique perspective on the relationship between the Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani state. This perspective assists…
Posted inGeopolitics
Belarus is going into Moscow-controlled military dictatorship
Belarus fell into dependence on Russia. Moscow controls the situation in Minsk more and more often. Western European countries’ pressure on Lukashenko has no sense as the Kremlin determines and…
Posted inHealthcare
Vaccination challenges: vaccine shortage and unfair competition
Poor quantity of vaccine manufacturing capacity against the backdrop of high global demand provokes unfair competition between manufacturers, as well as differentiation of countries based on their ability to contract…
Posted inConflict
Russia handed strategic airbase in Syria to Iran, in a bid to prevent a clash with Israel
Russia handed the T4 Airbase in Homs, Syria to Iran amid ongoing threats of air strikes by Israel. The Russians have used the T4 since 2015 to station their helicopter…
Posted inGeopolitics
The time to rethink Russia policy comes
The Kremlin's threats to break off relations with the European Union are nothing but hollow words. Moscow is not ready for such actions, since the EU remains Russia's key economic…
Posted inIntelligence ops
Russia enhances its Spy Hub in Ireland
There are evidences Russia’s field agents from military G2 conduct intelligence operations in Ireland. Ireland’s counterintelligence service has launched an investigation into an expansion project at the embassy of Russia…