Editorial paper at Robert Lansing Institute

War crimes by Russians in Libya, Syria and the Central African Republic: a reason to enlist Russian mercenaries as terrorist groups

The US and EU should agree and follow a united approach to suppress the so-called Russian private military companies involved in war crimes with cynical abuses of humanitarian law and human…

October 7, 2021Libya, Wagner Group

Geopolitics

EU and lack of perspective for the Balkans

For over ten days, northern Kosovo remained tense when the Kosovo Government imposed a reciprocity measure on Serbia as a result of the expiration of the agreement on free movement…

October 5, 2021Kosovo, Serbia

Estimates Governance

Putin’s worsening health set to be a determining factor in Russia’s policy over the next four years

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent move to go on self-isolation, allegedly due to certain people from his entourage having contracted COVID-19, may be associated with something beyond mass fraud in…

September 29, 2021Putin, Russia

Democracy Governance

Reasons and prospects of Gbagbo’s return to politics

Former Ivoirien president Laurent Gbagbo, acquitted of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court, seeks to re-enter politics. In early August he floated the idea of creating a new political…

September 29, 2021Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo

Conflict

Tensions in Northern Kosovo – NATO Intervention is needed

It has been more than a week since the Kosovo Government established reciprocity for vehicle license plates with Serbia, this was announced after the Brussels agreement deadline on free movement…

September 28, 2021Kosovo, Serbia

Coup Intelligence ops

With military coup failed, Sudanese regime is still at risk

The takeover attempt in Sudan on September 21 rises from a national scale crisis and domestic discord among powerful institutions, including the army, amid foreign intervention, and points to the…

September 23, 2021Russia, Sudan

Democracy Governance

Gambian elections: frustrations grow around President Barrow amid his ambitions to keep power

The new APRC-NPP pact is Gambian President Barrow’s desperate move to win the second term. The party-to-party agreement is supposed to help the incumbent president’s desire to win support of the…

September 22, 2021Gambia

Intelligence ops Psyops

Russia is countering the USA and EU states in Mali

Russia is trying to “convince Malians that the EU occupies Mali” and is “very active in this matter”,Deputy Defence Minister Jan Havránek has warned about how Russia is portraying the…

September 20, 2021France, Mali, Russia

Conflict War crimes

Serbian war of archives to suppress KLA’s resistance leaders

Dialogs resumption between Kosovo and Serbia in early September has produced an agreement reached by both parties, mediated by the EU Special Envoy for Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak. The Deputy…

September 17, 2021Kosovo, Serbia

- Democracy Governance

Election Rigging in Russia: Test of Western Powers’ Commitment to Democratic Values

Parliamentary elections in Russia are a challenge for democratic governments. Ignoring massive violations of the civilized principles of the expression of people’s will would sent a destructive signal across the…

September 16, 2021Russia

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