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November 26, 2024 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Team Trump mustn’t buy Putin’s nuke threats: We’re not on the verge of WW III

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin is beating his chest again, hinting he may use nuclear weapons. Don’t buy the bluffs: We’re not on the verge of a nuclear World War III. Putin’s huffing...

October 23, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

Guterres embraces the authoritarians

By attending a three-day summit in Russia and lending credence to Putin’s despotism, the U.N. secretary-general is effectively spitting in the faces of both Ukraine and Israel.

May 9, 2024 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

The Great Lie Behind Russia’s Victory Day

Russians believe their nation contributed more than any other to winning World War II. The uncomfortable truth is that Moscow actually started the war in 1939 as Nazi Germany’s ally.

April 13, 2024 | Jason Jay Smart, Ivana Stradner

Time to Tell Russians They Are No Longer Safe

Russia relies heavily on propaganda and disinformation. In the wake of the ISIS attack in Moscow, the West should use the truth to let Russians know how Putin has failed them.

March 30, 2024 | Jason Jay Smart, Ivana Stradner

Macron’s Moment to Cement a Legacy

Russia’s attack on Ukraine has taken the French President from a much-ridiculed position of wannabe negotiator to the leader of a potential NATO intervention force on Ukrainian soil.

February 29, 2024 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Putin proving his ambitions don’t stop at Ukraine

The day before Vladimir Putin’s long yearly address to parliament Thursday, politicians from Transnistria, a pro-Kremlin breakaway region of Moldova, asked the Russian president to “protect”...

November 21, 2023 | Ivana Stradner, Spencer Finley

The CSTO: With Friends Like the Kremlin, Who Needs Enemies?

Armenia’s snubbing of the latest Moscow-led summit may be the first indication that Russia’s allies are beginning to realize that the glue that binds is past its sell-by date.

November 17, 2023 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Russia’s Weaponization of Antisemitism

We must inoculate the world’s nations as to the Moscow-origins of the recent spike of antisemitism and make clear that only our enemies win through this dangerous unruliness.

November 7, 2023 | |

Israel SitRep: Nov. 7, 2023

Netanyahu Talks With ABC About Postwar Plans, Gallant Speaks to Knesset About Gaza Goals In an interview with ABC that aired on November 7, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated his belief that...

November 6, 2023 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Antisemitism, Russian Disinformation and the West

As Russia falsely accuses the West and Ukraine of inciting antisemitic violence on Russian territory, perhaps it’s time for the West to use its own information operations to set the record straight.

October 24, 2023 | Jason Jay Smart, Ivana Stradner

Elon Musk, Hypocrisy and Verifying the Iranian Supreme Leader

The X social media site granted Iran’s Supreme Leader the gray checkmark, supposedly signifying the veracity of its posts in spite of its links to the Hamas attacks on Israel.

October 16, 2023 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Putin’s cynical offer to mediate in the Middle East is a farce

Following the largest Middle East escalation in decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to mediate the Israel-Hamas conflict. “What matters now is to stop the bloodshed,” he said. “Russia...

August 26, 2023 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Athens Declaration Unites Southern Europe Behind Ukraine

President Zelensky's trip to Athens this week proved to be pivotal in advancing Ukraine's longtime objectives of moving towards EU membership.

August 23, 2023 | Ivana Stradner, Jason Jay Smart

Is Russia Now Weaponizing Music?

Russia has resorted to a wide range of tactics to keep nations within its orbit. Now it’s taken to using music to win over foreign public support.

August 22, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

Zelensky Calls Meeting with Serbian President ‘Fruitful’

Tensions between Ukraine and Serbia have been high, with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic saying on Aug. 10 that 'If Ukraine recognizes Kosovo’s independence, it will lose everything in one day.'

June 4, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

How Putin is Using Chaos in the Balkans to Distract the West

‘Russia sees the region as Europe’s soft underbelly and Moscow has used information operations to inflame ethnic tensions, encourage protests and make arms deals.’

May 6, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

Moscow Proxies Stand for Regional Election in Moldova

Russian efforts to increase its influence within Moldova may take another step forward in a forthcoming regional election.

May 3, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

Washington Needs to Fight Russia’s Information War Using This Tactic

The US should turn Moscow’s 'reflexive control' tactic against the Kremlin: Instead of selling the American Dream, Washington should show Russians 'the Russian dream.'

March 22, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

The ‘Yugoslavia Scenario’: How Russia Intends to Use an Anniversary in Its Ongoing Information War

The Kremlin has used NATO’s 1999 intervention to justify Russia’s continual assaults on Ukraine, and won’t miss the upcoming opportunity to exploit this further.

February 22, 2023 | Ivana Stradner |

Russia’s Hybrid War Against Montenegro

Irked by Montenegro’s accession to NATO, Russia and its traditional ally Serbia are trying to undermine democracy throughout the Balkans in their general strategy of dividing Europe.