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Drones, or UAVs, were often considered weapons of the future. Before the two world wars in the 20th century, the...
Complex Challenges & Resilience Non-Military Security
Russian hackers known as APT28 carried out a massive cyber-attack against multiple European countries with the aim of targeting political...
The crises of recent years – be it the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine, or the climate crisis and...
Geopolitics Non-Military Security
In today’s world, we are facing several parallel and simultaneous crises, be it climate crisis, economic volatility or security. It...
The most recent February edition of the CEDMO Trends survey, published on a monthly basis by the Central European Digital...
Geopolitics Military Affairs
In February 2024, two years have passed since the beginning of Russian aggression against Ukraine. From the beginning, the total...
The failure of the summer offensive and the decreasing level of support from allies have led to growing tensions between...
On Wednesday, December 6, 2023, Republicans in the US Congress’s Senate rejected the Biden administration’s request for financial aid worth...
Global Agenda Non-Military Security
Despite the ongoing war, on December 7, Russia’s Federation Council voted unanimously to hold a presidential election between March 15...
The candidate countries under the enlargement policy have anticipated the European Commission’s assessment of their progress toward joining the European...
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...
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At the end of September 2023, our think-tank organized the third edition of our flagship conference Disinformation and Democracy. Experts...
Non-Military Security Technology and Innovations
Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague, announced a groundbreaking development: the court...
The highly anticipated third edition of the “Disinformation & Democracy – The Battle for Hearts and Minds” conference will take...
Despite the diplomatic achievement of Syria’s readmission to the Arab League in May 2023, the Bashar al-Assad regime currently confronts...
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has contributed to Ukraine and Moldova gaining candidate status in June 2023, giving a new impetus...
China has officially fallen into deflation, with July’s consumer prices index falling by 0.3% compared with 2022, and the producer...
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...
It has been over a year since Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine commenced on February 24, 2022. Throughout this period,...
On July 14, the Republican-led House of Representatives approved the defense bill authorizing the largest military budget in US history,...
Geopolitics Non-Military Security Technology and Innovations
For almost a year and a half now, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine has been accompanied by numerous cyber operations...
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....
On June 16, Mali called on the UN to withdraw its peacekeeping mission – UN Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA)...
The fall of the Soviet Union ended over 30 years ago, but the Kremlin to this day attempts to maintain...
President Bashar al-Assad of the Syrian Arab Republic flew to Saudi Arabia on May 19 to attend the Arab League...
Picture credit: designed by artist Boris Groh/Ukraine Postal Service Summary There is intense public debate over when and how to...
At the end of May we organized the eighth edition of the annual meeting of the Slovak defence and security...
A landmark convention on cybercrime is being prepared at the UN. This is a major step forward in ensuring justice...
For weeks, many people following the conflict in Ukraine have been waiting for a counteroffensive that would shift the initiative...
Eastern countries of the European Union have introduced a temporary ban on imports of agricultural products from Ukraine in an...
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Szijjártó revisited Moscow, where on April 11, he signed a new contract on energy supplies,...
Military Affairs Strategy & Defence
Several indications show that Ukraine is likely preparing to launch a new military offensive to liberate another part of its...
Geopolitics Global Agenda
On February 6 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southern and central Turkey and northern and western Syria. The quake...
Geopolitics Strategic Thinking
Red lines and nukes Whenever the Ukrainian armed forces achieved something vis-à-vis their Russian foe, and occasionally even without immediate...
The last few years have brought along a series of crises that have shaken not only global politics and economy...
Executive Summary The already heated discussion among policymakers and policy shapers in the West on how the Russian-Ukrainian war could...
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...
Adapt Insitute, in cooperation with the European Values Center for Security Policy and Gerulata Technologies, prepared a research study for...
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...
On November 15, 2022, fragments of a (presumably two) missiles hit the territory of Poland. They struck the abandoned buildings...
Ukrainian forces gained the initiative and successfully carried out a counter-offensive in eastern Kharkiv. Its implementation is important in terms...
So far, Kyiv’s significance to Europe has been primarily to transit oil and gas supplies from Russia, which Moscow is...
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine came under the control of Russian troops less than a week after the...
The war in Ukraine and its impact on the global supply of agricultural products, especially grain, has intensified the discussion...
The African Union (AU) states that have trade relations with the Russian Federation are concerned about the situation in Ukraine....
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 Erdogan announced on Monday, May 23, that Ankara would soon launch a new military incursion in...
Geopolitics Military Affairs Strategic Thinking
In recent weeks, there have been discussions about the possible involvement of the separatist republic of Transnistria (located between Ukraine...