Category: HYBRID THREATS

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 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,...

HORIZONS OF FREEDOM: AI, Disinformation & the Post-Truth / Post-Shame World (Panel 2)

by Diana Tahiri | Dec 12, 2025 | AI & TECHNOLOGY, DEMOCRACY, DISINFORMATION, HYBRID THREATS | 0

This panel explores how AI reshapes both the military and information dimensions of modern...

Horizons of Freedom: War in Ukraine, Hybrid War in Europe and the Global Democratic Struggle (Panel 1)

by Diana Tahiri | Dec 12, 2025 | CIVIL SOCIETY, DEMOCRACY, HYBRID THREATS, NEWSROOM, WAR IN UKRAINE | 0

CIVIL – Center for Freedom presents “Defending Democracy: Horizons of Freedom” – a nine-day...

(INFOGRAPHIC) Russia’s Hybrid Arsenal: How Moscow Attacks Without Declaring War
Hybrid war: the invisible battlefield of our time.

by Xhabir Deralla | Dec 8, 2025 | HYBRID THREATS, NEWSROOM | 0

Russia’s war against the democratic world is not limited to missiles, drones, or tanks. Long...

Balkans Breakthrough for Ukraine: Bring Serbia into NATO & the Kosovo Model into the Donbas

by Dragan Mishev | Nov 19, 2025 | ANALYSIS, HYBRID THREATS, NATO, WAR IN UKRAINE | 0

By Edward P. Joseph Lecturer & Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute; Merrill Center for...

CIVIL Early Warning Report: Where Europe Cracks — Russia’s Hybrid Strategy in the Western Balkans

by Xhabir Deralla | Nov 19, 2025 | NEWSROOM, HYBRID THREATS, REGION | 0

The Fracture Line: Russia’s Hybrid Strategy in the Western Balkans EARLY WARNING REPORT Series:...

THE FRACTURE LINE: Russia’s Hybrid Strategy in the Western Balkans
EARLY WARNING REPORT Series: Mapping Vulnerabilities, Proxy Actors, and Emerging Risks in the Western Balkans (2025–2026)

by Xhabir Deralla | Nov 19, 2025 | ANALYSIS, DEMOCRACY, HYBRID THREATS, REGION | 0

SUMMARY: Russia’s strategy in the Western Balkans is no longer driven by territorial ambition but...

Repeatedly amplify Peskov’s statements – a pattern in parts of the Macedonian media landscape

by Dragan Mishev | Nov 17, 2025 | HYBRID THREATS, MEDIA, WAR IN UKRAINE | 0

The Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, has reappeared on the pages of that part of the Macedonian...

Deputy prime minister Stoiljkovic’s nervous reaction to a journalist’s inquiry from CIVIL – a tendentious and inflammatory message on social media

by Dragan Mishev | Nov 17, 2025 | HATE SPEECH, HYBRID THREATS, MEDIA, POLITICS | 0

Following a series of social-media comments and online posts alleging that the daughter of Deputy...

Category: HYBRID THREATS

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 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

(INFOGRAPHIC) Russia’s Hybrid Arsenal: How Moscow Attacks Without Declaring War

Hybrid war: the invisible battlefield of our time.

THE FRACTURE LINE: Russia’s Hybrid Strategy in the Western Balkans

EARLY WARNING REPORT Series: Mapping Vulnerabilities, Proxy Actors, and Emerging Risks in the Western Balkans (2025–2026)

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