In recent scholarship on propaganda, no aspect has attracted more attention than the digitally mediated propagation of disinformation. In this intervention, we argue that focusing narrowly on disin...

Ivan U. Klyszcz on how Russia’s relationship with sub-Saharan Africa has evolved since 2022

While concentrated on Europe, and especially on Ukraine, Moscow’s drive to challenge the world order has a global dimension. A tool of Russia’s aggressive foreign policy with worldwide impact is infor...

Amazon.com: Russian Grand Strategy: The Quest for Major Power Status and a Multipolar World Order (Elements in Soviet and Post-Soviet History) eBook : Kłyszcz, Ivan U.: Kindle Store

Il n’aura cessé de penser les événements de l’histoire dans un corps-à-corps haletant avec le siècle. Attaché à relier les savoirs afin d’élaborer sa « pensée complexe », cet intellectuel populaire, a...

Amazon.com: Russian Grand Strategy: The Quest for Major Power Status and a Multipolar World Order (Elements in Soviet and Post-Soviet History) eBook : Kłyszcz, Ivan U.: Kindle Store

Russia’s information operations in Africa expanded significantly since 2022, even if those efforts remain largely unnoticed against the much more visible…

In the immediate aftermath of the eruption of the Israeli-US war on Iran in late February, Tehran retaliated with missile and drone strikes on all six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) members. For the G...

As Russia continues its aggressive foreign policy and authoritarianism deepens, questions about the sustainability of the Kremlin’s system have begun to circulate, especially since the full-scale inva...

As Russia continues its aggressive foreign policy and authoritarianism deepens, questions about the sustainability of the Kremlin’s system have begun to circulate, especially since the full-scale inva...

Группа ученых предприятия «Государственный научно-исследовательский институт органической химии и технологии» (ГосНИИОХТ), которая изучала использовавшийся для отравления Алексея Навального эпибатидин...

Ivan U. Klyszcz on Russia’s strategic maneuvers in Algeria and Mali’s security dynamics

The major threat to European security today is posed by Russia’s aggressive foreign policy, enacted in part by its intelligence services.

Beijing and Moscow are maneuvering to boost Russian oil and natural gas exports to China and strengthen cooperation on liquefied natural gas (LNG). A string of new agreements inked in September could ...

Ivan U. Klyszcz on Russia — Africa dynamics in 2025

The major threat to European security today is posed by Russia’s aggressive foreign policy, enacted in part by its intelligence services. This report draws attention to the services’ strategic culture...

The Council adopted restrictive measures against an additional twelve individuals and two entities in view of Russia’s destabilising activities against the EU and its member states and partners.

Germany has said it will send a group of soldiers to Poland to help with a project to fortify the country's eastern border as worries mount about the threat from Russia.

European Union ambassadors on December 10 decided on further sanctions against Russia, with a new package adding several individuals and entities to its sprawling blacklist adopted in response to the ...

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday he was ready to hold new elections in Ukraine, and that he expected to send Washington within a day revised proposals on ending the nearly four-year war wi...

The European Council president said allies must respect each other’s sovereignty.

The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials told diplomats in Washington this week,...

The US lobbied several countries in the European Union in an effort to block EU plans to use frozen Russian central bank assets to back a massive loan to Ukraine, according to European diplomats famil...

DER SPIEGEL has obtained notes from a conference call involving EU leaders - including Germany's Friedrich Merz and France's Emmanuel Macron - showing just how little trust Europe has in Washington.

Europe will on Wednesday unveil a plan to reduce its reliance on China for rare earths and other critical minerals, opening a fresh front in its effort to secure supplies needed for major industries.…

The U.S.’s latest efforts to end the conflict between Ukraine and Russia have jolted the trans-Atlantic alliance.

In the Russian Federation, tariffs for housing and communal services have increased by more than 40% since 2022, and their next increase has been approved for 2026—after five years of full-scale war a...

The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

Iran may receive up to 50 Russian Su-35 jets by 2027. Such delivery would boost its air power and pose serious regional risks.

The Sahel remains strategic for the EU amid the threats posed by terrorism, criminal networks and rising geopolitical competition. As multi-alignment reshapes regional partnerships, the EU must place ...

Countries are looking at joint offensive cyber operations and surprise military drills as Moscow steps up its campaign to destabilize NATO allies.

OP-ED. Five contributors, including historian Sylvain Kahn and geographer Béatrice Giblin, challenge the premise underlying Donald Trump's proposed 'peace plan' to end the war in Ukraine. They argue t...

Trump would be committing the U.S. to defend Ukraine if Russia attacks again.

"We feel the Russian position is really being heard," Russia's envoy told Axios.

A major oil terminal in the Russian port city of Novorossiysk in Krasnodar Krai temporarily suspended operations, approximately 2% of global exports, following Ukrainian attacks.