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The Serbian World crisis and Russia’s search for a new Balkan foothold

As Serbia wavers between Moscow and Brussels, the idea of a “Serbian World” is unraveling under the pressures of the Ukraine war. With Belgrade’s double game exposed, Russia may shift…

November 12, 2025Kosovo, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine, USA

Democracy Governance

Guinea-Bissau’s November Elections: Actors, Trends, Risks, Scenarios, Foreign Influence, Consequences

Guinea-Bissau heads to simultaneous presidential and legislative elections on 23 November 2025 (with a possible second presidential round on 30 November) under highly contentious conditions: the opposition’s main force (PAIGC/Pai Terra Ranka)…

November 10, 2025Guinea-Bissau

Corruption Governance Intelligence ops National Security

The Kremlin’s Battle for Budapest: Russia’s Hybrid War to Keep Orbán in Power

The Kremlin has begun aggressively defending the regime in Budapest ahead of the April 2026 elections. It is evident that Moscow aims to strengthen its influence in Hungary and destroy the…

November 10, 2025Hungary, Russia, SVR, USA

Energy Geoeconomics Geopolitics Governance

How a Single Meeting Endangers Trump Politically and Strengthens Moscow”

President Donald Trump hosts Hungary’s PM Viktor Orbán at the White House. Official and media lines point to Russian oil sanctions, economic cooperation, and Orbán’s push to broker a Trump–Putin encounter as headline Orbán’s aims (primary → secondary)…

November 7, 2025Hungary, Russia, USA

Democracy Governance

Guinea’s December 2025 Election: Actors, Ethnic Fault Lines, Foreign Stakes, Consequences

Presidential election set for 28 December 2025, the first vote since the Sept-2021 coup. A new constitution approved on 21 September 2025 (turnout reported 86%, 89% “Yes”) reshaped the rules—7-year presidential term (renewable…

November 4, 2025Guinea

Conflict Corruption Democracy Governance

Serbia’s Student Uprising One Year On: A Crisis of Legitimacy for Vučić

Serbia one year after the student uprising: November 1 protest set to shake the regime In November 2024, mass protests erupted in Novi Sad after a tent collapsed at the city’s…

November 3, 2025Serbia

Democracy Governance

Institutional paralysis in Kosovo – Causes and Consequences

Judging by the current political dynamics, Kosovo appears to be entering one of the most complex periods since its declaration of independence. Following the latest parliamentary elections, the process of…

October 31, 2025Kosovo

Democracy Governance

Cameroon’s 2025 Presidential Election: Results, Reactions, and Implications

Cameroon’s Constitutional Council declared 92-year-old President Paul Biya the winner of the October 12, 2025 presidential election, securing 53.66% of the vote. Biya, Africa’s oldest and one of its longest-ruling leaders, thus earned…

October 29, 2025Cameroon

Conflict Governance ideology Propaganda and Disinformation

The reinvention of an Old Front: Propaganda and Proxy Battles in Northern Kosovo

In the wooded hills and small towns of northern Kosovo there is a familiar script playing itself out - territorial ambiguity, ethnic mistrust, parallel institutions. But there is another script now…

October 29, 2025Kosovo, Russia, Serbia

Corruption Democracy Governance

Djibouti’s Presidential Age Limit Abolition: Internal Dynamics and Implications

In late October 2025, Djibouti’s National Assembly voted unanimously to abolish the constitutional provision barring anyone over 75 from running for president. This move removed the last legal obstacle preventing…

October 28, 2025Djibouti

Governance

The Serbian World crisis and Russia’s search for a new Balkan foothold

Guinea-Bissau’s November Elections: Actors, Trends, Risks, Scenarios, Foreign Influence, Consequences

The Kremlin’s Battle for Budapest: Russia’s Hybrid War to Keep Orbán in Power

How a Single Meeting Endangers Trump Politically and Strengthens Moscow”

Guinea’s December 2025 Election: Actors, Ethnic Fault Lines, Foreign Stakes, Consequences

Serbia’s Student Uprising One Year On: A Crisis of Legitimacy for Vučić

Institutional paralysis in Kosovo – Causes and Consequences

Cameroon’s 2025 Presidential Election: Results, Reactions, and Implications

The reinvention of an Old Front: Propaganda and Proxy Battles in Northern Kosovo

Djibouti’s Presidential Age Limit Abolition: Internal Dynamics and Implications

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