National Security Archives

The CIA Director’s Position on Ukraine: How John Ratcliffe’s Loyalty to Trump Calls the Reliability of U.S. Security Guarantees to NATO into Question

CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s position on Ukraine reveals a fundamental contradiction in U.S. security policy: Washington recognizes Russia as a strategic threat but retains the option of restricting critically important…

October 28, 2026CIA, USA

Geopolitics National Security

Orbán at the Helm of the UN: Why the Trump Administration May Back a Politician Close to Moscow—and How It Could Reshape International Diplomacy

Key Assessments Reports that Donald Trump's administration may promote former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for the post of UN Secretary-General warrant analysis not only as an international appointment but…

October 27, 2026China, Hungary, Orban, Russia, USA

Governance National Security profile

Steve Witkoff’s Psychological Profile: Why He Calls Vladimir Putin a Humanist

Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, has characterized Vladimir Putin as a “humanist,” raising an important question about the psychological mechanisms influencing U.S. diplomacy toward Russia: does Witkoff…

October 23, 2026USA

Geopolitics National Security

The Putin Payoff: Is Trump Fighting Iran in a Way Designed to Save Russia?

The conventional interpretation of Russia's growing leverage over Washington has centered on Vladimir Putin's exploitation of President Donald Trump's poorly conceived military engagement with Iran to extract concessions on energy…

October 21, 2026Iran, Russia, USA

National Security Warfare

Russia Rebuilds Strategic Reserves Near NATO: Preparations for a New War or Long-Term Rearmament?

Reports that Russian storage bases were replenished with tanks, armored personnel carriers, and artillery systems during 2026 may indicate an important shift in the allocation of resources within Russia’s military-industrial…

October 19, 2026Finland, Russia

Geopolitics influence ops National Security

Starlink as an Instrument of Political Pressure: Is the Trump Administration Undermining Ukraine’s Security Assurances and Deterrence of Russia in Europe?

Restrictions on Ukraine’s access to Starlink at the request of Donald Trump’s administration raise a question far broader than relations between Washington and Kyiv: can European U.S. allies rely on…

October 14, 2026Russia, Ukraine, USA

Healthcare National Security

The Irkutsk Incident Tests the Transparency of Russia’s Biosafety System

Twenty-eight-year-old Daria Shipilova, an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, died after developing severe pneumonia. About 200 contacts were placed under medical observation, some were hospitalized or isolated, and…

October 6, 2026plague, Russia, USA

Intelligence ops National Security

Leipzig, Serbia and Russia’s Shadow War: Coincidence, Corridor or Network?

The attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport was supposed to be a German security story. It is rapidly becoming a Serbian one. On August 4, an explosives-laden drone was discovered…

September 8, 2026Russia, Serbia

Intelligence ops National Security

Attack in Brandenburg: Has Moscow Begun to Act on Its Threats Against Germany?

The attempted sabotage of one of the most important nodes in Germany’s energy system near the Jänschwalde power plant in Brandenburg could represent the next episode in the hybrid confrontation…

September 2, 2026Germany, Russia

Governance influence ops Intelligence ops National Security

After Leipzig: Germany Moves to Dismantle Russia’s Influence Infrastructure

After Berlin officially held Russia responsible on September 1, 2026, for an attempted explosive-drone attack on Leipzig/Halle Airport, the government announced a package of measures: the closure of the Russian…

September 2, 2026Germany

National Security