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Kremlin establishing supply channels for Chinese drones bypassing Beijing authorities

The Kremlin discredits China by continuing to import components, military equipment, and dual-purpose goods for its international sanctions. This contradicts the official position of Beijing, which tries to maintain formal neutrality…

December 5, 2023China, GRU, Iran, Sanctions, Ukraine

- Conflict Geopolitics

Serbia poses a threat to NATO allies

Due to recognition of Kosova’s independence, Montenegro and North Macedonia were recently threatened by the Serbian government. The threat was posed by none other than the Serbia’s minister of defense Milos…

August 22, 2023Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia

- Intelligence ops National Security

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

- Geopolitics

NATO in the Balkans is moving

The relations of the Balkans with Moscow have always been complicated, with a part of the population distanced from Russian politics and rhetoric, and another part influenced and in support…

October 6, 2022NATO

- Geopolitics Governance

The non-paper diplomacy trend in Balkans

A so called 'new framework' is a comprehensive agreement which ‘leaked’ through the Kosovo media a few weeks ago. The first draft of this agreement aiming to normalize relations between Kosovo…

September 30, 2022Kosovo, Serbia

- Estimates Geopolitics

The summit in Teheran: A system of alliances goes beyond the interests of the moment

On his second trip since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Iran, where he met President Ebrahim Raisi and their Turkish counterpart Recep…

July 21, 2022Iran, Russia, Turkey, Turkiye

Serbia, the only country in the Balkans that did not condemn Russian aggression in Ukraine

Twenty-three years ago, Vucic's predecessor, Slobodan Milosevic, had carried out horrific aggression against the people of Kosovo. To this day, official Belgrade has never expressed regret over the massacres that…

February 28, 2022Kosovo, Serbia

- Geopolitics National Security

Challenges of Great Power Competition

After about 16 years of preoccupation with counter-terrorism, the United States officially declared in its National Security Strategy of 2017 that it is reorienting its focus on great power competition…

November 1, 2021China, Russia, USA

- Democracy Governance

Election Rigging in Russia: Test of Western Powers’ Commitment to Democratic Values

Parliamentary elections in Russia are a challenge for democratic governments. Ignoring massive violations of the civilized principles of the expression of people’s will would sent a destructive signal across the…

September 16, 2021Russia

Navigating the fault lines in the Indo-Pacific

Locations of geopolitical importance have constantly shifted throughout the history of international politics and relations. From the heartland in Central Asia, to the Middle East in West Asia and now…

December 14, 2020India

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