Editorial paper at Robert Lansing Institute

Russia keeping anti-vaccination movement in Europe vibrant

Russia propels a surge in Covid-19 cases abroad, as it gives boost to the anti-vaccine movement in Europe. Russia holds sway over anti-vaccine groups, the leader of the political group…

July 28, 2021Covid-19, France

Coup Democracy

Tunisia coup backed by Gulf monarchies jeopardizes the Arab Spring democratic gains

Tunisian resident Kais Saied’s move to ‘freeze’ the activities of the republican parliament and assume executive authority can be labeled as a coup that wipes out the country's gains since…

July 27, 2021Tunisia

Governance

Dictators’ hybrid technologies: citizenship and elections

Russia is now testing a rather new type of election fraud by engaging as voters wrongfully naturalized persons living beyond its borders. The Kremlin is bracing for parliamentary elections due…

July 23, 2021Russia, Ukraine

Geopolitics Governance

Dayton Agreement break off to jeopardize stability in the Balkans

Russia's call for the UN Security Council to abolish the post of International High Representative for Bosnia and his office by July 2022 can be seen as Moscow’s attempt to…

July 21, 2021Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republica Srpska

Conflict

Ethiopia faces ethnic conflict, feeded by war crimes in Tigray

The conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region appears to be escalating, with reports that Tigrayan and Amhara forces are recruiting more youths to fight in the country's north. Forces from Ethiopia's Amhara,…

July 20, 2021Ethiopia, Tigray

Must Read PDF

Clans in Somalia, 2009

July 19, 2021Somalia

Drug trafficking

Hezbollah’s involvement in cocaine trafficking

Hezbollah involved in the drug trade. American law enforcement discovered Hezbollah’s drug activity by chance in 2006, when Colombian wiretaps monitoring a Medellin- based drug cartel known as the Oficina del Envigado picked up…

July 16, 2021cocaine, Hezbollah, Latin America

Democracy Governance

Cuba protests: Havana regime cracks but tries to keep afloat with outside help

Protests in Cuba can result in foreign involvement as an attempt to support the communist regime on the island. Venezuela and Russia are the countries that can provide paramilitary forces…

July 15, 2021Cuba

Intelligence ops migration

Migration crisis in Lithuania as well-organized joint op by Russian, Belarusian intelligence

Russia and Belarus have set up an illegal migration channel to European countries through the Baltic States. There is a possibility that among the migrants trafficked are figures affiliated with…

July 13, 2021Belarus, GRU, Lithuania

Geopolitics Governance

Non-implementation risks of the Washington agreement by Kosovo

There is no progress in the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue despite efforts by the EU to relax relations between the two countries. Kosovo government skepticism to implement the “Agreement on Economic Normalization” later…

July 12, 2021Kosovo, Kurti, Serbia

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