Editorial paper at Robert Lansing Institute

Al-Shabaab threats to American and French forces can benefit China and President Guelleh campaign

Al-Shabaab tries to expand its influence in East Africa and push out Western foreign military forces beyond the region. It uses upcoming presidential elections uncertainty in Djibouti to grow influence and…

April 2, 2021Al Shabaab, Djibouti

Geopolitics

Bosnia-Herzegovina`s past and future challenges

The beginning of the 90s in the Balkans was marking an uncomfortable beginning for the then Yugoslavia. After Tito's death in 1980, tensions within Yugoslavia were re-emerging, from nationalist groups…

April 2, 2021Bosnia and Herzegovina

Governance

From the ICTY to the Specialized Chambers: The KLA’s Journey through the Courts

The Kosovo Specialist Chambers & Specialist Prosecutor's Office for Kosovo in The Hague were established at the persistence of the international community with the relevant constitutional changes by the Assembly…

March 30, 2021Arbesa Hoxha, KLA, Kosovo

Intelligence ops

The Kremlin Manchurian candidate is creating the Scottish separatist party, more radical than SNP

On 6 May, people across Scotland will vote to elect 129 Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs). The party that wins the most seats will form the Scottish government. Former…

March 29, 2021Alba Party, Scotland, SNP

Democracy

Election results in Congo hardly to roil the country, but hurt democracy

Presidential election results in Congo look pessimistic for democracy in this country. There are all signs the dictatorship has been set up in Brazzaville with elements of government corruption, clamping…

March 25, 2021Congo

Healthcare

Vaguery over COVID-19 vaccination in Paraguay to stir up unrest and jeopardise the country’s democratic path

Delay in Covid-19 vaccine supply to Paraguay has made the political crisis in the country even worse. The ongoing crisis is one of the most serious in Paraguay since democracy…

March 22, 2021Covid-19, Paraguay

Must Read PDF Propaganda and Disinformation

Jihadist Propaganda, 2020

The analytic paper by the Counter Threat Strategic Communications Team on Jihadist Propaganda Media and Methods by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Meghreb, publish in December, 2020.

March 20, 2021Al Qaeda

Must Read PDF Warfare

International Competition Below the Threshold of War: Toward a Theory of Gray Zone Confllict

The paper by Javier Jordan, University of Granada, Spain, published in the Journal of Strategic Security. this research offers a theoretical delineation of the gray zone conflict, that is, conflict…

March 20, 2021Gray Zone conflict

Propaganda and Disinformation

Third forces to destabilize public opinion in Kosovo amid institutional gap

Kosovo is a key to regional stability in the Balkans. This has been proved as the end of bloody dismantling of Yugoslavia ceased with the end of war in Kosovo…

March 19, 2021Arbesa Hoxha, Kosovo, Russia, Serbia

Conflict

Ethiopia in efforts to back Sudanese rebels, targeting to have a voice in Sudan and roil it

Khartoum is accusing Addis Ababa of arming rebels in its territory. Officials in Sudan said Ethiopia has provided "logistical support" to SPLM-N rebel groups led by Maj. Gen. Joseph Tuka Ali in the southern state of Blue Nile. However, Tuka…

March 18, 2021Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan

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