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From Counterintelligence to Domestic Control: The Strategic Logic of Germany’s BND Expansion

According to the German chancellor’s plans, Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND) is expected to significantly expand its surveillance capabilities. Particular attention will be devoted to internet communications transmitted from Germany…

January 23, 2026BND, Germany

Conflict Intelligence ops

Russia’s “Ukraine Playbook” in Armenia: Likelihood, Triggers, Actors, and Scenarios

A full-scale Russian invasion of Armenia “like Ukraine 2022” is less likely in the near term because Armenia is geographically constrained, is not Russia’s immediate borderland in the same way Ukraine is, and would risk…

January 21, 2026Armenia, Baltic, Moldova, Russia

Democracy Intelligence ops National Security

Russia’s “Internet Kill Switch” Export: How Moscow Helped Iran Crush Protests

Russia allegedly helped Iran disable mobile communications and isolate the country from the global Internet as mass anti-government protests escalated into the most serious domestic challenge the Islamic Republic has…

January 16, 2026Cyberattacks, Iran, Russia

Intelligence ops Warfare

Pentagon Acquisition of a Suspected “Havana Syndrome” Device: Evidence Convergence, Russian Signatures, and the GRU’s Directed-Energy Playbook

New CNN reporting indicates that the U.S. Department of Defense—via a covert procurement involving Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)—acquired and tested a portable device believed by some investigators to be linked…

January 14, 2026GRU, Havana Syndrome, Russia, USA

Geopolitics Intelligence ops Psyops

Russia Expands Its “Russian Houses” Network in Africa — and Staffs It With Former Mercenaries

Yevgeny Primakov Jr., head of Rossotrudnichestvo, claims that the Wagner Group was involved in opening “Russian Houses” in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Mali. It is also reported that around 26…

January 13, 2026Africa, Russia, Wagner Group

Intelligence ops National Security Propaganda and Disinformation

Patrick Egan’s Media Ecosystem: Orbán’s Anglosphere Weapon and Its Convergence With Russian Interests

Over the past decade, Patrick Egan has emerged as a central node in Viktor Orbán’s international media strategy. An American strategist and media advisor, he is now widely identified as a key Anglosphere…

January 6, 2026Hungary, Russia, USA

Geopolitics Intelligence ops

“From Caracas to Havana: U.S. Strategic Options for Dismantling Cuban Authoritarian Rule”

Why Cuba Comes Into Focus After Caracas The U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro and the de-facto decapitation of his regime in Caracas has blown a huge hole in Cuba’s survival…

January 3, 2026CIA, Cuba, USA, Venezuela

Drug trafficking Governance Intelligence ops National Security

Decapitation Strategy in Caracas: The Logic, Timing, and Consequences of the U.S. Operation in Venezuela

In the early hours of 3 January 2026, the United States launched Operation Southern Spear, a large-scale strike against Venezuela that targeted key military facilities around Caracas and other locations in…

January 3, 2026USA, Veneuela

Geopolitics Intelligence ops

Did Moscow Benefit From Al-Haddad’s Death? Motive Without Proof”

On 23 December 2025, a Dassault Falcon 50 private jet took off from Ankara Esenboğa Airport bound for Tripoli with Libya’s army chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, and several senior officers on…

December 29, 2025Libya, Russia, Turkiye

Democracy Governance Intelligence ops

Envelopes of Cash: Russian Espionage and Influence Operations in the European Parliament”

During a debate in the European Parliament titled “Cases of Pro-Russian Espionage in the European Parliament,”participants stated the need to establish a special body tasked with investigating the possible involvement of…

December 19, 2025

Intelligence ops