Category: ANALYSIS

After the Divide: Intelligence Beyond Ideology
(AI History, Part 3) As the walls of the Cold War fell, the separate dreams of artificial intelligence began to intertwine — merging science, philosophy, and human aspiration into a shared global story.

by Xhabir Deralla | Jan 3, 2026 | AI & TECHNOLOGY, ANALYSIS, HISTORY, SOCIETY | 0

By Jabir Deralla When the Iron Curtain lifted, the world’s scattered efforts in computing and...

There Is One Victim, and an Axis of Aggressors
Ukraine is fighting a coalition of dictatorships – not a single state. Reluctance to say it – any hesitation at all – protects the aggressors. Truth protects Ukraine. And democracy.

by Xhabir Deralla | Jan 2, 2026 | ANALYSIS, POLITICS, WAR IN UKRAINE | 0

By Jabir Deralla It has long passed being ridiculous. It is no longer even disturbing or...

Germany’s Strategic Turn: Merz on Russia as a Continental Threat, Europe’s Security, and a Changing Transatlantic Order
How Berlin is repositioning itself amid Russia’s aggression and a changing transatlantic order

by Xhabir Deralla | Jan 1, 2026 | ANALYSIS, EUROPE, POLITICS, STATEMENTS | 0

By Jabir Deralla Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivered a New Year address that read as both a...

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 Xhabir Deralla | Dec 30, 2025 | HYBRID THREATS, AI & TECHNOLOGY, ANALYSIS | 0

By Jabir Deralla and the CIVIL Hybrid Threats Monitoring Team The most dangerous propaganda...

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 Xhabir Deralla | Dec 29, 2025 | ANALYSIS, DISINFO, EUROPE, HYBRID THREATS, WAR IN UKRAINE, WARS & CONFLICTS | 0

By Jabir Derallaand the CIVIL Hybrid Threats Monitoring Team In the final week of December 2025,...

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 Xhabir Deralla | Dec 28, 2025 | AI & TECHNOLOGY, ANALYSIS, HISTORY, SOCIETY | 0

By Jabir Deralla Continued from: The Mirror We Built: When Machines Learned to Dream CIVIL Today,...

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)

by Xhabir Deralla | Dec 26, 2025 | ANALYSIS, DEMOCRACY, HYBRID THREATS, REGION | 0

Previous edition: The Fracture Line: Russia’s Hybrid Strategy in the Western Balkans (CIVIL Nov...

When Beauty Becomes a Weapon: AI Aesthetics in Russia’s Influence Operations
How AI turns culture, memory, and emotion into influence

by Xhabir Deralla | Dec 23, 2025 | HYBRID THREATS, AI & TECHNOLOGY, ANALYSIS | 0

By Xhabir Deralla It is hypnotizingly beautiful. Young women walk slowly toward you — graceful,...

The Mirror We Built: When Machines Learned to Dream
(History of AI, Part 1) From the first circuits flickering in Philadelphia and Kyiv to the vast neural networks of today, the story of artificial intelligence is a human odyssey — a mirror of our imagination, ambition, and desire to understand ourselves through the minds we create. Welcome to a short history of AI

by Xhabir Deralla | Dec 20, 2025 | AI & TECHNOLOGY, ANALYSIS, HISTORY, SOCIETY | 0

By Jabir Deralla AI was born from the minds of scientists, visionary thinkers, and artists — and,...

How much does Ukraine cost Europe? Less than we think
As Washington steps back, new figures show that, contrary to what some in Brussels and various EU countries say, financing Ukraine is not a costly burden but a rational investment for Europe – far cheaper than the economic, security and humanitarian price of a Russian victory.

by bibe jordanovska | Dec 18, 2025 | ANALYSIS, SECURITY & DEFENSE, WAR IN UKRAINE | 0

By György Folk / HVG (Budapest) Europe-wide trend is emerging: more and more politicians are...

Back in the Baltic States
Professor Olivier Védrine returns from a conference in the Baltic States with some lessons he shares with us.

by Dragan Mishev | Dec 4, 2025 | ANALYSIS, EUROPE, NATO, WAR IN UKRAINE | 0

By Olivier Védrine Jean Monnet Association TdG. I was invited this November, after already being...

(LOCAL ELECTIONS 2025) The voices of hate that humiliated democracy: Sexism, ethnic divisions and nationalism

by Arian Mehmeti | Nov 27, 2025 | ANALYSIS, ELECTIONS, HATE SPEECH, MEDIA, NEWSROOM | 0

Ahead of the Local Elections 2025, North Macedonia faced a serious wave of hate speech, ethnic and...

Category: ANALYSIS

After the Divide: Intelligence Beyond Ideology

(AI History, Part 3) As the walls of the Cold War fell, the separate dreams of artificial intelligence began to intertwine — merging science, philosophy, and human aspiration into a shared global story.

There Is One Victim, and an Axis of Aggressors

Ukraine is fighting a coalition of dictatorships – not a single state. Reluctance to say it – any hesitation at all – protects the aggressors. Truth protects Ukraine. And democracy.

Germany’s Strategic Turn: Merz on Russia as a Continental Threat, Europe’s Security, and a Changing Transatlantic Order

How Berlin is repositioning itself amid Russia’s aggression and a changing transatlantic order

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

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

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.

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)

When Beauty Becomes a Weapon: AI Aesthetics in Russia’s Influence Operations

How AI turns culture, memory, and emotion into influence

The Mirror We Built: When Machines Learned to Dream

How much does Ukraine cost Europe? Less than we think

As Washington steps back, new figures show that, contrary to what some in Brussels and various EU countries say, financing Ukraine is not a costly burden but a rational investment for Europe – far cheaper than the economic, security and humanitarian price of a Russian victory.

Back in the Baltic States

Professor Olivier Védrine returns from a conference in the Baltic States with some lessons he shares with us.

Truth Matters. Democracy Depends on It