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How a simple formula complicates defense spending By Jack Treddenick The amazing thing about NATO at 70 is that it is still here. Looking back, this surprising longevity has been largely due to its uncanny ability to adapt and evolve in…

Countering Russian propaganda in Macedonia  By Aleksandar Nacev, Ph.D., executive director, Center for Security Research Since 1989, one of the constant goals of Russian foreign policy has been to abolish — or at least weaken — the…

Russian Soft Power in the Baltics By Irine Burduli, Georgia Ministry of Defence At a NATO Accession Ceremony in 2004, U.S. President George W. Bush underlined the importance of the day for the new members and for the Alliance. “Today…

Fake news and the future of the Federation By Dr. Drew Ninnis, Ph.D., futures analyst, Department of Defence, Australia  |  Photos by The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin should be very worried. Sure, he was re-elected…

Countering disinformation from Russia and radical Islamists By Jetish Jashari, Department of Legal Issues and International Treaties, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kosovo The countries of the Western Balkans, which include Albania,…

Inoculating societies against propaganda By Judith Reid, Ph.D. The Zika virus sneaked into the United States as a stowaway in the saliva of a common mosquito. Similarly, seeds of public dissent and discord are spreading through American…

Georgia needs institutional resilience in its national security decision-making By Tamar Bazgadze The term “hybrid warfare” has become a cryptic buzzword in the Euro-Atlantic security community. Yet its analytical-added value lies in…

Maintaining cohesive societies and countering false narratives By Rosław Jezewski Recent years have seen a significant increase in displaced people, primarily due to conflicts, sectarian violence and environmental changes. In 2016,…

Russia’s multilayered cyber assaults know no bounds By Col. Viktor Lisakonov, chief of the Information Assurance Directorate, Ukrainian General Staff Innovation has driven military strategy since the dawn of humanity. The inventions of…

How to thwart known, and unknown, dangers By Lt. Col. Darko Galinec, Ph.D., Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Croatia  |  Photos by The Associated Press Military terminology can migrate into nonmilitary contexts in the same fashion…