Democracy does not defend itself: What 2025 taught us about democracy
The year 2025 reminded us of something simple — and uncomfortable. Democracy does not defend...
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Author: Xhabir Deralla
From Death Lament to Digital Seduction: Lullabies for a Post-Truth World — Russia’s AI Propaganda Bullets
How artificial intelligence is being used to soften culture, simulate authority, and prepare minds for influence — and why that matters for democracy
By Jabir Deralla and the CIVIL Hybrid Threats Monitoring Team The most dangerous propaganda...
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Hybrid Operations Across Europe on the Rise
EARLY WARNING REPORT | Pro-Kremlin messaging, mobilisation narratives, and hybrid risk in Europe and the Western Balkans. Focus period: 22–28 December 2025, with a 7–14 day outlook
By Jabir Derallaand the CIVIL Hybrid Threats Monitoring Team In the final week of December 2025,...
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THE IDEOLOGICAL ABYSS: How the Cold War Rewrote the Dream of Intelligence
(History of AI, Part 2) From Cold War paranoia to digital utopias — how power, ideology, and ambition shaped intelligence and its histories.
By Jabir Deralla Continued from: The Mirror We Built: When Machines Learned to Dream CIVIL Today,...
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THE FRACTURE LINE: Russia and the Battle for Democracy in the Western Balkans — Early 2026
EARLY WARNING REPORT Series | Q1 2026 Outlook (January–March 2026)
Previous edition: The Fracture Line: Russia’s Hybrid Strategy in the Western Balkans (CIVIL Nov...
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