August has long carried an ominous reputation in Russian history — often dubbed the “August curse.” From the failed coup of 1991 and the 1998 financial default, to the Kursk submarine disaster in 2000 and the war in...
July 2025
Ilian VassilevSyrsky: We Need Supplies of Ballistic Missiles
Article was published in The Washington Post By Siobhán O’Grady and Serhii Korolchuk Ukraine urgently needs the United States and Europe to transfer more air defense systems and missiles to Kyiv, Ukraine’s...
NGRNWar in the Spectrum
The Transformation of Electronic Warfare in 2022–2025 Analysis by Consortium for Defence Information By the fourth year of the full-scale Russian invasion, it had become increasingly evident that the most decisive...
Ministry of Defence and Defence Industry: Does it Make Strategic Sense?
Over the past week Kyiv has pushed through several cabinet‑level reshuffles that many observers dismissed as symbolic. Yet one decision—in practice, the abolition of the Ministry for Strategic Industries...
Mykhailo SamusWar on Robot`s Shoulders
Analysis by Consortium for Defence Information The idea of replacing soldiers on the battlefield with a wide variety of unmanned ground systems (UGVs) has always been relevant. Yet the full-scale Russian invasion of...
The Artillery: New Warfare, New Role
Analysis by Consortium for Defence Information The widespread use of various unmanned systems in the Russo-Ukrainian war, along with rapid advancements in software enabling their control, has significantly expanded the...
Flagged and Ignored: Testing X’s Response to EU Sanction Violations
Authors:Charles Terroille, Science FeedbackSaman Nazari, Alliance4EuropeEwan Casandjian, Alliance4Europe Commissioned by WeMove Europe Alliance4Europe’s participation was made possible through funding from the...
Alliance4EuropeWeaponising the Vote: How a No-Confidence Fueled a Discreditation Campaign on EC President von der Leyen
Kremlin-linked outlets and aligned influencers launched a narrative assault targeting Ursula von der Leyen during a crucial no-confidence debate. The campaign was anchored by two core claims – corruption and calls...
Debunk.orgForeign Information Manipulation in the 2025 German Federal Election
Authors & Consortium organisations:ISD, Alliance4Europe, Debunk.org, GMF Alliance for Securing Democracy, DEN Institute, EU DisinfoLab. Project Contributors: Karolin...
Delaying arms deliveries: Trump’s game?
By Jake Sullivan Mr. Sullivan was the U.S. national security adviser from 2021 to 2025. The opinion was published in The New York Times Trump Is Playing a Cynical Game With Ukraine On Tuesday, the White...