Editorial paper at Robert Lansing Institute

Machine Tools of War: How Western Technology Sustains Russia’s Military-Industrial Complex Despite Sanctions

Sanctions pressure exerted by the international community produces a multi-layered, yet indirect, effect on the functioning of Russia’s military-industrial complex. This pressure drives the continuous transformation of production chains, the…

December 22, 2025Russia, Sanctions

Conflict Governance

Northern Kosovo and Serbia’s strategy of permanent instability

An explosion that was never just about water. When an explosion damaged the Ibër-Lepenc water canal in northern Kosovo on 29 November 2024, it was initially framed as an attack…

December 19, 2025Kosovo, Serbia

Democracy Governance Intelligence ops

Envelopes of Cash: Russian Espionage and Influence Operations in the European Parliament”

During a debate in the European Parliament titled “Cases of Pro-Russian Espionage in the European Parliament,”participants stated the need to establish a special body tasked with investigating the possible involvement of…

December 19, 2025

Conflict Intelligence ops Psyops

Suspicious death of Jugoimport SDPR representative Radomir Kurtić in Moscow (17 Nov 2025)

On 17 November 2025, Radomir Kurtić, a long-tenured employee and representative of Serbia’s state-owned arms-trade company Yugoimport SDPR, was found dead on a street in Moscow. Serbian services reportedly briefed President Aleksandar Vučić, while Russian investigative…

December 18, 2025Russia, Serbia

Geopolitics Terrorism Warfare

Tajikistan Is Seeking Russian Military Support:What It Means for Central Asian Security

By reorienting itself toward Moscow, Dushanbe is navigating a minefield of competing pressures—from cross-border insecurity and domestic politics to the strategic competition between Russia, China, and the Taliban-led government in Kabul. These dynamics…

December 17, 2025Afghanistan, China, Tajikistan, Taliban

Geopolitics Warfare

North Korea’s Open Entry into Russia’s War Against Ukraine: From Covert Support to Combat Participation

North Korea’s public acknowledgment of troop deployment to Russia marks a qualitative escalation in its involvement in Moscow’s war against Ukraine. This shift exposes the DPRK not as a principled anti-imperialist actor,…

December 17, 2025DPRK, Russia, USA

Democracy Geopolitics Governance ideology National Security

From Partner to Principal Threat: How Russia Chose Confrontation—and What It Could Have Been

In first speech after taking office, Blaise Metreweli, the head of Britain’s intelligence service MI6, warned that Russia represents an aggressive, expansionist, and revisionist threat. Metreweli stated that assassination plots, sabotage, cyberattacks, and…

December 16, 2025Russia

Corruption Democracy Governance Propaganda and Disinformation

Protecting the Kremlin While Ignoring the Children: Orbán’s Response to Hungary’s Deepening Trust Crisis in Hungary Crisis

On 13 December 2025, a mass march took place in Budapest toward the office of Hungary’s prime minister on Castle Hill under the slogan “Protect the Children!”. Protesters carried torches and soft…

December 15, 2025Hungary

Democracy Governance

Elections Without Choice: Power, Ethnicity, and Foreign Influence in Congo-Brazzaville

Presidential elections are scheduled in the Republic of the Congo in 2026. Incumbent president Denis Sassou Nguesso, in power continuously since 1997 (and earlier from 1979–1992), is widely expected to run again…

December 12, 2025Congo-Brazzaville

Geopolitics National Security Warfare

From Tehran to the Frontlines: Russia’s Expanding Global Recruitment Campaign for the War in Ukraine

In December 2025, reports emerged that Russia has begun a large-scale campaign to recruit Iranian citizens to fight in its war against Ukraine. Throughout multiple cities in the Islamic Republic…

December 12, 2025Iran, Russia, Ukraine

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