Editorial paper at Robert Lansing Institute

Belarus gets in political headwinds

On August 9, Belarus will hold presidential elections where the acting president Alexander Lukashenko will face serious problems ever before. Thus, 2020 will start a new era for the Republic…

June 15, 2020Belarus, Lukashenko

War crimes

Mosque vandalized by Russians in Libya: Wagner Group neo-Nazis on the side of Khalifa Haftar

Russian mercenaries from Wagner PMC who are fighting in Libya on the side of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar desecrated Niffati Mosque in Ein Zara in south of Tripoli. Russia's Wagner…

June 11, 2020Libya, Wagner Group

Intelligence ops

Combat training for European neo-Nazis in Russia

Representatives of foreign far-right organizations are taking combat training in Russia. Right-wing extremists from Germany undergo paramilitary training in a camp near St. Petersburg, according to the German Focus. Several…

June 9, 2020FSB, Germany, GRU

Psyops

U.S. Protests are backed by Russian pressure group CNN disclosed in Ghana

U.S. protesters are called up by a Russian-controlled troll farm. This farm fell under the spotlight of CNN and reporter Clarissa Ward and producer Katie Polglase this April in Ghana.…

June 5, 2020Ghana, Ionov, Russia, USA

Intelligence ops

Russian connection in US riots

Riots in the US were triggered by murder of African-American man George Floyd by Minneapolis police after being arrested. CNN has released a story of an expert who accused Russia…

June 2, 2020GRU, Russia, USA

Conflict

Russia is poised to boost military activities in Libya

Russia has flown MIG 29 and SU 35 fighters, as well as SU 24 bombers, part of its Aerospace Forces (VKS), to Libya. Twitter. The transfer came as the Russian…

May 29, 2020Haftar, Libya, Russia

Food Security

Locust swarms threaten food security of Asia

The crop pest, locust, traditionally threatens food security of many countries in Africa and Asia. However, this year the problem has grown at such a rate that it might threaten…

May 29, 2020Asia

Energy

New sanctions against Gazprom to assist in retaining diversified natural gas market in Europe and hold back Russia’s aggression

Russia’s ongoing policy to monopolize the European energy market through Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline cannot but remain a subject of deep concern for the United States, as it infringes…

May 28, 2020energy, Gazprom, Nord Stream-2, pipeline

Democracy Healthcare

Criminalization of FGM/C in Sudan is a good signal, but couldn’t change the situation with human rights

Sudan's government has criminalized female genital mutilation (FGM), clamping down on a practice that most of the country's women and girls have endured. Globally, more than 200 million of girl and…

May 26, 2020female genital mutilation, FGM, Somalia, Sudan

Geopolitics

EAEU countries rail against the Kremlin’s initiatives

In the framework of negotiations held as a video-conference on May, 19, leaders of the Eurasian Economic Union countries were tasked to adopt a draft for the Eurasian Development Integration…

May 25, 2020Armenia, Belarus, Eurasian Economic Union

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