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Russian Intelligence Infiltration: Efforts to Influence Trump’s Administration and Undermine U.S. Counterintelligence

Russia sought ways to infiltrate Donald Trump’s administration as early as his first term, using its well-established tactic of corrupting officials and individuals within the president’s inner circle who could…

February 10, 2025Russia, USA

Corruption Democracy Governance

Resignations in Serbia: A “Chess Game” to save Vucic

Three months have passed since protests erupted in Serbia following the collapse of a train station that claimed 15 lives, including several children. Public outrage over the tragic loss of…

February 3, 2025Serbia

Corruption Democracy Governance

After the referendum rejection, Vucic will try constitutional changes

Following recent events in Belgrade, where student protests erupted to oppose government corruption, nepotism, and other grievances, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic made a notable announcement via Instagram. He invited the…

January 17, 2025Serbia

Corruption Governance National Security

Slovakia’s Political Turmoil: A Fragile Coalition and the Shadow of Russian Influence

The first half of 2025 could witness significant political upheaval in Slovakia, with Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government facing a high likelihood of collapse. Economic turmoil, worsening relations with Washington,…

January 15, 2025Slovakia

Corruption Geopolitics Intelligence ops National Security

Russia Secures UN Approval for Military Operations Under Peacekeeping Pretext

In a move raising international concerns, Russia has successfully advanced a resolution through the UN General Assembly, granting the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) the authority to participate in UN…

November 22, 2024CSTO, Russia, United Nations

Corruption Governance

The arrest of the former head of Pakistan’s intelligence agency has deepened the country’s political crisis.

Pakistan's unprecedented arrest and court-martial of a former spy chief raises the heat on Imran Khan and could be the precursor to prosecuting the jailed former prime minister on charges…

September 9, 2024ISI, Pakistan

Corruption Governance

Reasons and Consequences of Arrests in the Russian Ministry of Defense

In Russia, the purge of both former and current generals within the Ministry of Defense is ongoing. This effort is effectively a crackdown on the team of Sergei Shoigu, whom the…

August 30, 2024Russia

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Tanzanian government continues to terror Maasai people

Tanzania's government is forcibly relocating Indigenous Maasai residents from their homes and ancestral lands in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA). Before further relocations are planned or carried out, the Tanzanian authorities…

July 31, 2024maasai, Tanzania, UAE

Corruption National Security Nonproliferation

Cooperation with Rosatom is toxic and threatening to the national security of countries.

Russia promotes initiatives and resolutions beneficial to itself, and uses nuclear blackmail to increase the escalationsince its rotating presidency in the UN Security Council in July 2024. If in 2014 the Kremlin talked about the possibility of a nuclear war in case of pressure on Moscow,…

July 10, 2024nuclear weapons, Rosatom

Corruption Governance

Signs of possible Mutharika’s comeback to power next year in Malawi

The former vice-president's death will likely create a political dilemma or an opportunity for President Lazarus Chakwera. Political tensions have been high in Malawi since the death of former vice-president Saulos Chilima…

June 21, 2024Malawi

Corruption

Russian Intelligence Infiltration: Efforts to Influence Trump’s Administration and Undermine U.S. Counterintelligence

Resignations in Serbia: A “Chess Game” to save Vucic

After the referendum rejection, Vucic will try constitutional changes

Slovakia’s Political Turmoil: A Fragile Coalition and the Shadow of Russian Influence

Russia Secures UN Approval for Military Operations Under Peacekeeping Pretext

The arrest of the former head of Pakistan’s intelligence agency has deepened the country’s political crisis.

Reasons and Consequences of Arrests in the Russian Ministry of Defense

Tanzanian government continues to terror Maasai people

Cooperation with Rosatom is toxic and threatening to the national security of countries.

Signs of possible Mutharika’s comeback to power next year in Malawi

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