by Alexy Zender* | Apr 26, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and US President Donald Trump’s message at the White House during the press conference on March 19 attracted international attention. Particularly in the areas of terrorism, drug and human trafficking, cybercrime and money...
by Murat Caliskan | Apr 20, 2019 | Commentary, Political & Hybrid Warfare
A Critique of Hybrid Warfare Concept It was retired Marine Officer Frank Hoffman who popularised the Hybrid warfare concept in a series of articles and books since it was first publicly used in 2005 in a conference, by General Mattis, the U.S. General Secretary of...
by Antonios Nestoras* | Apr 19, 2019 | Commentary, Political & Hybrid Warfare
There are many labels to describe the issues linked with the return of great power competition in the cyber era in search for conceptual clarity. I am going to talk briefly about two of them – political warfare and hybrid warfare. The definition of hybrid...
by Saban Yuksel | Apr 18, 2019 | Commentary, Peace & Conflict Management
Operation Sophia was quietly and officially extended until 30 September 2019 following longstanding negotiations among member states. Political and Security Committee (PSC) reached a flawed last-minute compromise on March 29th, the last working day for an extension of...
by Andrii Nadzhos* | Apr 18, 2019 | Commentary, Geopolitics & Great Power Politics
I would like to touch upon the global geopolitical challenge – temporary occupation of Crimea that will be discussed in the framework of today’s conference. Since beginning of the so-called Referendum in Crimea in March 2014 which fully contradicted with the...
by Žiga Turk* | Apr 14, 2019 | Commentary, Political & Hybrid Warfare
Disinformation is used as a political weapon. It’s not a new phenomenon, it used to exist and it will be in the future. It is just one of the tools from the toolbox of a wider effort that is called influence operations which is probably part of the hybrid warfare....