Editorial paper at Robert Lansing Institute

Accusing Iran of paying bounties to Taliban covers up for Russians and seems questionable

An attempt to put the blame on Iran for paying bounties to Taliban fighters for targeting coalition troops might be guided by the failure to renew sanctions against Tehran, looking…

August 24, 2020Haqqani network, Iran, Russia, Taliban

Geopolitics Must Read PDF

Overt Affairs

The lansinginstitute.org recommends a new report from The Sentry, shows that in an effort to evade the international sanctions designed to disrupt its nuclear weapons program, North Korea exploited vulnerabilities…

August 23, 2020DPRK, DRC, Sanctions

Geopolitics

China on its Way to Unify Africa

The African continent is a key region where China is expanding and turning to the most important player. ‘The South-South’ strategy is being successfully implemented and, probably, by 2050 China…

August 20, 2020China, economy

Intelligence ops

Russian Agent in Norway: False Nord Stream 2 Security Certificates or Industrial Espionage?

Russia may have corrupted European government officials who issued permits for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline construction. The arrest of a Russian intelligence agent in Oslo, Norway, might speak…

August 19, 2020Noorway, Nord Stream-2, Russia

Governance

Scenarios unfolding in Belarus and challenges for developing democracy there

Having assessed possible scenarios for developments in Belarus, we assume that Russia would come back as the main beneficiary under any of them. Possibility for Russia to unfold a military…

August 18, 2020Belarus

Governance

Reasons for DPRK Prime-minister resignation

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appointed Kim Tok Hun a new Prime-minister of the North Korean cabinet instead of Kim Jae Ryong, who had been relieved from his…

August 14, 2020DPRK

Geopolitics

China: how to exchange the host and the guest roles

Stratagem 30 of an ancient Chinese military treatise says, ‘Find an entrance and move forward until you usurp leadership’. It means to seize an initiative and power by progressively slow…

August 13, 2020China

Must Read PDF Propaganda and Disinformation

Pillars of Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem

lansinginstitute.org would like to recommend GEC & Department of State Special Report “Pillars of Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem” published in August 2020. Russia’s disinformation and propaganda ecosystem is the…

August 10, 2020Russia

Intelligence ops

Ammonium nitrate that exploded in Beirut might have been supplied for Hezbollah

Ammonium nitrate that caused explosion at the Lebanese port of Beirut, most likely arrived in Lebanon as a component for Hezbollah's explosives. Ammonium nitrate explosion at a warehouse in Beirut…

August 10, 2020GRU, Hezbollah, Lebanon

Governance

Pro-Russian opposition may win election in Belarus

The upcoming election in Belarus will not bring about the democratic governance for this country. The reason for that is the absence of independent opposition leaders. Most of potential opposition…

August 7, 2020Belarus

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Accusing Iran of paying bounties to Taliban covers up for Russians and seems questionable

Overt Affairs

China on its Way to Unify Africa

Russian Agent in Norway: False Nord Stream 2 Security Certificates or Industrial Espionage?

Scenarios unfolding in Belarus and challenges for developing democracy there

Reasons for DPRK Prime-minister resignation

China: how to exchange the host and the guest roles

Pillars of Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem

Ammonium nitrate that exploded in Beirut might have been supplied for Hezbollah

Pro-Russian opposition may win election in Belarus

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