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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

Democracy War crimes

Mladić as a Symptom, Rather Than the Subject

Ratko Mladić is dead. But the political world that made him a hero to some, a general to others, and a convicted perpetrator of genocide in the eyes of international…

September 7, 2026Serbia

Governance influence ops National Security

EU Enlargement at Risk: Serbia’s Citizenship Policy and the Challenge of Russian Influence

The growing number of Russian citizens acquiring Serbian citizenship and thereby gaining visa-free access to the European Union presents potential security risks for the EU. According to a European Commission…

June 9, 2026EU, Russia, Serbia

Warfare

Drones Over the Balkans: When Capability Meets Narrative

When serbian President Aleksandar Vučić announced that Serbia would jointly manufacture combat drones with Israel, the move was embedded not in a neutral narrative of defense modernization, but in a broader…

April 16, 2026Israel, Serbia

Conflict Energy Geoeconomics Intelligence ops

Explosives Near Pipeline in Serbia — Actors, Motives, and Political Implications

Executive Summary The discovery of explosives near a major gas pipeline in northern Serbia—part of the TurkStream/Balkan Stream system supplying Russian gas to Hungary—is a highly politicized and strategically sensitive incident. While…

April 6, 2026GRU, Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine

Democracy

Violence, Pressure, and Plausible Deniability in Serbia’s Local Elections

The local elections held in Serbia on 29 March across ten municipalities were expected to serve as a routine democratic exercise. Instead, they exposed a deeply troubling environment characterized by violence,…

April 3, 2026elections, Serbia

Conflict Estimates Warfare

Renewed threats to Kosovo and stability in the Western Balkans

Serbia`s rapid military modernization, strategic planning, and hybrid operations are emerging as the central security threat to Kosovo and regional stability in the Western Balkans. Between increased defense spending, the…

March 16, 2026Kosovo, Serbia

Propaganda and Disinformation

Disinformation and cyber threat narratives in Kosovo during the Iran crisis

In the contemporary security environment, conflicts increasingly unfold not only on physical battlefields but also within the digital information space. Cyber operations, disinformation campaigns, and strategic propaganda have become key…

March 13, 2026Cyberattacks, Iran, Kosovo, Serbia

Democracy Geopolitics Intelligence ops Propaganda and Disinformation War crimes

Prosecuting Resistance, Forgetting Aggression: Kosovo and the Failure of Proportional Justice

More than two decades after the Kosovo war, international justice has produced an outcome that remains deeply contested: the Serbian state, whose forces carried out systematic and widespread crimes against…

February 10, 2026Kosovo, Russia, Serbia

Conflict Governance

Northern Kosovo and Serbia’s strategy of permanent instability

An explosion that was never just about water. When an explosion damaged the Ibër-Lepenc water canal in northern Kosovo on 29 November 2024, it was initially framed as an attack…

December 19, 2025Kosovo, Serbia

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