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Winning the Information War

How states can marginalize hostile propaganda By Dr. Ieva Bērziņa Centre for Security and Strategic Research at the National Defence Academy of Latvia It’s not easy to differentiate between propaganda and strategic communication.…

Projecting Power

Russia seeks to recapture its imperial past by exploiting former Soviet countries By Dr. Stefan Meister German Council on Foreign Relations Discussing Russia’s attempts to influence former Soviet countries requires a thorough…

The Danger Within

Societal divides pose a major threat to national security By Besa Kabashi-Ramaj, Centre for Research Documentation and Publication, Kosovo  |  Photos by Reuters The global security framework and geopolitics have shifted since the Cold…

Managing Diversity

The quest for ethnic and religious tolerance By Andreja Durdan, Croatian Security Intelligence Agency “No man is an island,” wrote English Catholic cleric and poet John Donne in the 16th century. Today, this is more evident than ever.…

When Outsiders Interfere

Countries targeted by Russia or other external actors must develop an internal resilience Pál Dunay, Ph.D. Marshall Center The post-World War II era has been one of increasing international cooperation and the empowerment of…

Hybrid War and Hybrid Threats

Coping with conventional and unconventional security challenges By Dr. Sven Bernhard Gareis German deputy dean at the Marshall Center and professor of international politics at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität It is not a new…

NATO in the Western Balkans

Time for a new approach? By Maj. Gen. Walter T. Lord, U.S. Army National Guard Since 1995, NATO, the European Union and other international partners have been engaged in the Balkans — politically, diplomatically, economically and…

Shifting Positions

Why regional cooperation in Afghanistan fails to deliver Farid Osmanov Chevening Scholar at the University of Oxford, Blavatnik School of Government Photos by The Associated Press Cooperation platforms such as the Istanbul Process,…

EU-Wide Internal Security Forces

Member states should explore using ‘citizen soldiers’ to deal with threats inside Europe By Alfred C. Lugert, in cooperation with Władysław Bartoszewski, Tuomas Forsberg, Maria Grazia Galantino, Alain Lamballe, Alain Pellegrini, Alexandra…

Building Stronger Neighbors

EU policies must be consistent, coherent By Teodor Lucian Moga, assistant professor at the Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University The European Union has always approached challenges from neighboring countries by…