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NATO summit in Vilnius unlikely to avoid the issues of enlarging Alliance or nuclear safety

There are signs that Putin's entourage increasingly resorts to the rhetoric of nuclear or large-scale man-made disaster threats, as things are getting wrong for Moscow in its war in Ukraine.…

July 10, 2023NATO, nuclear weapons

Geopolitics Intelligence ops National Security

China likely to share SIGINT with Russians

Moscow is more likely to join efforts with Cuba-based Chinese SIGINT facility, targeting the U.S. The RLI predicted in February 2022 that Russia might reopen the Lourdes intelligence facility that had…

June 27, 2023China, GRU, Russia, USA

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Russia launching massive election meddling operation in Germany

Russian intelligence is undertaking active efforts to interfere in the German political life, dismantle the current government, and bring to power politicians loyal to Moscow. The Kremlin continues to engage…

June 22, 2023AfD, Germany, Russia

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Psyops run by Russian intelligence reflect HUMINT crisis, set to focus on further falsification of documents

In the next 30-45 days, new portions of leaks from U.S. government agencies should be expected. However, these “leaks” will in fact be about troves of falsified documents that allegedly…

April 11, 2023GRU, Russia, SVR, USA

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FSB likely to hold back Iran-Russia cyber cooperation

Iran seeks to bolster the cyber attack capacity, with more control of telecommunication networks to minimize threats by the opposition and activists. Threats to the current regime serve to enhance effort by Tehran and Moscow to set up efficient control of information field. In June 2015, Brigadier General…

April 5, 2023Iran, Russia

National Security Warfare

Iran uses Russian war on Ukraine to modernize, develop own UAV program

The Iranian UAV program is on a spree of further expanding cooperation with Russia. Moscow's demand for cheap and user-friendly drones leads the Kremlin to try to both increase the…

March 29, 2023Iran

Geopolitics National Security

Scholz’s political motives in view of Russia’s war on Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to the United States, where he met with President Joe Biden, demonstrated a significant beef-up of Berlin’s international posture over the past year. However, the…

March 3, 2023Germany, Ukraine, USA

Democracy Geopolitics National Security

Military and political risks to the Euro-Atlantic region in the context of Orban’s policies

The policy of the Orban government requires decisions to be made to maintain the effectiveness and unity of NATO, as well as preventing a further split in the integrity of…

March 3, 2023Hungary, NATO, USA

Intelligence ops National Security

Russian intelligence uses Argentina to channel spies abroad

Russian intelligence has ramped up its use of Argentina to channel the spies, illegal intelligence agents included, to other countries. Moscow takes advantage of Argentina’s visa-free entry for 177 nations,…

February 16, 2023Argentina, Russia

National Security Terrorism

Italy facing the anarchist terrorism alarm

On the night of Monday 30 January there was an attack with a Molotov cocktail on the Town Hall 5 in Milan. Two local police cars were burned. The investigators…

February 1, 2023Italy

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