Editorial paper at Robert Lansing Institute

Ethnic pattern of Guinea’s presidential election can trigger election-related violence

Many political analysts expect Alpha Conde to head the presidential election. President Conde who is seeking a controversial third term allowed him by the March constitutional changes, would likely steal…

October 20, 2020Alpha Conde, Guinea, Sierra Leone

Healthcare

Moscow seeks to test Sputnik V in third world countries

Russia keeps trying to play COVID-19 pandemic card for political purposes. Following an ambitious Sputnik V presentation, named Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine, the Kremlin is doing its utmost to sell it…

October 19, 2020Covid-19, Russia

Governance

Separatism in Russia: the whys, the ins and the outs

The Russian Empire and the Soviet Union were extensively emerging imperial states, developing vast swathes and entering into constant armed conflicts with various ethnic groups in their path. This activity…

October 14, 2020Russia, separatism

Conflict Must Read PDF Warfare

Witchcraft, Sorcery, Magic, and Other Psychological Phenomenon and their implications on military and Paramilitary Operations in the Congo, 1965

This report has been prepared in response to a query posed by ODCS/OPS,Department of the Army, regarding the purposed use of witchcraft, sorcery, and magic by insurgent elements in the…

October 13, 2020Congo

War crimes

Government weakness and land disputes lead to violence in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso has seen a recent surge in violence that has claimed hundreds of lives and displaced thousands. Rights group accused security forces of executing at least 180 Fulanis in…

October 13, 2020Burkina Faso, terrorism

Governance

Signs of Putin’s weakening and transformational processes in Russia

Hard lines dividing Russian intelligence agencies may signal Vladimir Putin's slackening in the Kremlin. Despite he currently keeps Russia's government well in hand, certain pressure groups representing the special agencies…

October 12, 2020Russia

Conflict

Warning: Moscow is trying to religiolize the Karabakh conflict

Since the intensification of military operations started in Karabakh, Russia has moved psyops specialists working with Russian military intelligence to the area. Earlier these people were actively involved in covering…

October 9, 2020Armenia, Azerbaijan, Karabakh, Turkey

Must Read PDF Warfare

Russian Contractors in the Service of the Kremlin, 2019

This is the analytic paper by the Warsaw Institute. Over the past years, the Russian Federation has expressed a growing interest in contracting private military personnel, seen until now as…

October 8, 2020PMC, Wagner Group

Corruption

Bribe as a Weapon: Corruption as a Tool of Expansion

Corruption is generally thought to cripple the economy and reduce foreign investment quote required for economic development. Russia and China have managed to see corruption as a window of opportunity…

October 8, 2020China, Russia

Nonproliferation

Warning: Work on smallpox virus by Russians gives rise to concern amid COVID-19 pandemic

Russia is currently hard at work on the smallpox virus under the guise of updating documentary standards and developing NIOCH-14 compound for clinic-based studies. This work by the State Research…

October 5, 2020coronavirus, smallpox

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