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At the end of April this year, the first-ever NATO Space Symposium on “Deterrence, Defence, and Resilience in and through...
Geopolitics Non-Military Security
In early April 2024, Georgian Dream, the ruling party in Georgia, pushed through a controversial law on “foreign agents” in...
Geopolitics Global Agenda
The visit of Prime Minister Robert Fico and his delegation to Azerbaijan on 6-7 May 2024 represented a new impetus...
As Kosovo embarks on its 16th year of independence, it faces a critical juncture characterised by a challenging journey filled...
Geopolitics Strategic Thinking
A European always chairs the top civilian post in NATO. The top military post is always held by an American....
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has served as a stark reminder to Europe that security cannot be taken for granted. More...
Israel has accused the main UN agency in Gaza of involvement in the Hamas terror attack of October 7, 2023,...
Geopolitics Military Affairs
On Tuesday, 23 January 2024, the Turkish Parliament approved Sweden’s candidacy for NATO membership. Thus, after long months of waiting,...
Current trends in Arctic ice melt carry profound implications not only for the planet’s climate but also for the stability...
The European Union (EU) conducted its first live military exercise in October. Spearheaded by the Spanish amphibious assault ship Juan...
Military Affairs Strategic Thinking
As Ukraine braces itself for another winter amidst a conflict that has lasted nearly two years, the war’s tactics must...
The long-standing conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh has come to an end, and it appears that the European Union has not been...
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has contributed to Ukraine and Moldova gaining candidate status in June 2023, giving a new impetus...
Details regarding a potential Saudi-Israeli reconciliation brokered by the United States have begun to surface. The triangular bargain between Saudi...
Military Affairs Non-Military Security Technology and Innovations
Numerous Chinese hacking campaigns aimed at member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have been unveiled in recent...
The European Union (EU) institutions have announced the allocation of additional funding to their defence funds – the European Defence...
Global Agenda Military Affairs Strategic Thinking
On 11-12 July 2023, NATO’s Heads of State and Government will meet in Vilnius Lithuania, at the NATO Summit, to...
Executive Summary There is currently an intense debate about scenarios for ending, or at least freezing, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine....
Geopolitics Non-Military Security Technology and Innovations
Read the Long Read via link: Will the Switch to Renewable Energy Provide Fewer Instances For States to Use It...
NATO is in negotiations with Japan to open a liaison office no later than 2024 in Tokyo. At the same...
Tunisia, the North African country that was the birthplace of the Arab Spring, faces severe political and economic problems. Under...
For weeks, many people following the conflict in Ukraine have been waiting for a counteroffensive that would shift the initiative...
On his way back from an official State visit to China, French President Macron urged the EU to reduce dependency...
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Szijjártó revisited Moscow, where on April 11, he signed a new contract on energy supplies,...
In late March, Kamala Harris visited Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia, becoming the third high-ranking US official to visit the African...
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti met in Ohrid, Macedonia, on Saturday, 18 March, to negotiate...
Red lines and nukes Whenever the Ukrainian armed forces achieved something vis-à-vis their Russian foe, and occasionally even without immediate...
Executive Summary The already heated discussion among policymakers and policy shapers in the West on how the Russian-Ukrainian war could...
Geopolitics Global Agenda Strategic Thinking
Executive Summary The geopolitical salience of the Russia–Ukraine War and the remoteness of Ukraine’s accession to the European Union or...
The relationship between Serbia and Kosovo has been strained since February 2008 when Kosovo unilaterally declared independence. Throughout the years...
Military Affairs Non-Military Security
The NATO Multinational Battlegroup (NATO MN BG) has been present in Slovakia since April 2022 in response to the unprecedented...
Military Affairs Technology and Innovations
The US will supply M2/M3 Bradley heavy infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to Ukraine. Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder, US...
At the beginning of December, the situation between the European Union and Hungary escalated. After Brussels recommended freezing €7,5 billion...
The US Air Force (USAF) and Northrop Grumman unveiled the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider stealth bomber on December 2 at...
On November 15, 2022, fragments of a (presumably two) missiles hit the territory of Poland. They struck the abandoned buildings...
Geopolitics Military Affairs Strategic Thinking
On October 12, the White House published the National Security Strategy (NSS) of the USA for the upcoming years. The...
Russia’s blatant and excessive use of force to achieve its foreign policy goals marked the crossing of the Rubicon. Russia’s...
Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia, and Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, reached an agreement on mutual recognition of territorial...
Geopolitics Global Agenda Military Affairs Non-Military Security Strategic Thinking Technology and Innovations
Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines were damaged by three explosions on Monday, September 26. Nord Stream...
The text discusses the most significant impacts of the NATO 2022 Madrid Summit from the perspective of expectations, ambitions and...
Tensions escalated between Serbia and Kosovo on Sunday, 31 July. Serbian demonstrators blocked roads and shot at Kosovo police officers....
Turkey has agreed to lift its veto on Sweden and Finland joining NATO, thus removing a key obstacle to the...
Global Agenda Strategic Thinking
The Strategic Compass represents a major political proposal to prevent the risk of “strategic shrinkage”. Strategic shrinkage refers to three...
Original source Visegrad Insight: The Madrid NATO summit will set NATO’s strategic direction for the next decade and beyond, while...
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has, indirectly, led to a significant strengthening of NATO’s eastern wing defences. In addition to increasing...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reiterated on Saturday that Ankara continues to oppose the accession of Sweden and Finland to...
Geopolitics Military Affairs Non-Military Security
Denmark agreed to join the EU’s common security and defence policy in a referendum triggered by Russia’s war in Ukraine....
The war in Ukraine has significantly changed the security policy of Scandinavia’s two hitherto neutral states – Sweden and especially...
Great power competition is a trendy concept that frames the current perception of international affairs held by many. As such,...
In recent years CIMIC became almost a synonym for participation in missions abroad. Most of NATO and EU member countries...