Proxy Power
The challenge of Russia’s private military & security companies
By James K. Wither, Marshall Center professor | Photos by The Associated Press
In the early post-Cold War period, there was hope that the great powers would…
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The Contest For Central Asia
AUTHOR: Alexander Cooley
PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press, USA
REVIEWED BY: Patrick Swan, per Concordiam contributor
In the 1800s, Russia and Great Britain played a geopolitical “great game” to control trade routes from…
Montenegro’s Media War
False narratives defined the battle over NATO membership
By Marija Blagojevic, Advisor to the president of the Parliament of Montenegro
On June 5, 2017, Montenegro became the 29th member of NATO. Its accession was preceded by a campaign…
The Fog of Modern Warfare
Russia’s disinformation campaign in Bulgaria
By Vanya Denevska, parliamentary secretary, Bulgarian Ministry of Defence
In early 2018, Russian hybrid actions were stepped up to hinder the European integration of Western Balkan countries…
‘War by other memes’
AUTHORs: P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking
PUBLISHED BY: Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
REVIEWED BY: Patrick Swan, per Concordiam contributor
If war is, as Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz so memorably…
Listening Without Prejudice
Using blockchain technology to counter propaganda in a ‘fake news’ era
By Maj. (Ret.) Susan N. Osembo, Kenya Ministry of Defence
Joseph Goebbels, the Reich minister of propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, is credited by many…
A Difficult Passage
North Macedonia’s turn to the West
By Dr. Bekim Maksuti and Dr. Sebastian von Münchow
In March 2019, U.S. Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, then NATO supreme allied commander Europe, reported that Russian disinformation campaigns and…
Communicating in a Crisis
Lessons from the May Floods in Serbia
By Želimir Kešetovic, University of Belgrade, faculty of security studies; Predrag Maric, Republic of Serbia, assistant minister of interior;
and Vladimir Ninkovic, University of Belgrade, faculty of…
The Power of Memes
Why NATO’s member states should embrace the potent digital tool
By Maj. Matthew Schleupner, U.S. Army
n 2017 there were 2.46 billion unique social media users worldwide. By 2021, the number is expected to exceed 3 billion, according to…
Commanding the Trend
Social media as information warfare
By Lt. Col. Jarred Prier, U.S. Air Force
The adaptation of social media as a tool of modern warfare should not be surprising. Internet technology evolved to meet the needs of information-age warfare…