Vidovdan as a Hybrid Threat against Kosovo Author: OCTOPUS INSTITUTE While enjoying the sun on the shores of the Aegean Sea, the symbolism of the beach and the wisdom of two distinguished thinkers expose both Vučić and the grand deception surrounding Vidovdan. In a place where differences seemingly disappear, and where Greeks, Albanians, Serbs, and
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Author: Dr. Gjon Culaj, Associate Fellow at the “Octopus” Institute The contemporary security landscape is experiencing significant changes, as traditional forms of conflict are increasingly giving way to more complex, sophisticated, and difficult-to-identify forms of hostile activity. Within this evolving strategic environment, hybrid threats have become one of the most significant challenges confronting democratic states.
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International diplomacy has a grim history with “legal zombies”. Just as Russia invokes the “Spirit of Yalta” to dictate the fate of Eastern Europe, Serbia is also using Resolution 1244 as a “shield” for the hegemonic objectives of its “Serbian World”. In both cases, the document is not a basis for peace, but a pretext
Remarks by Dr. Iryna Synelnyk at the OCTOPUS Forum “Electoral Integrity Under Hybrid Threats: Security Implications of Foreign Interference” First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the opportunity to work with the Octopus Institute and share my insights on Russian and Serbian electoral manipulation and influence. As a Ukrainian journalist
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Author: Dr. Arben Fetoshi – Director at Institute for Hybrid Warfare “OCTOPUS” In the digital arena of information warfare, propaganda relies on increasingly sophisticated methods and stronger emotional appeals. Serbia’s strategy of “victimhood” uses false attribution, “mirror accusations,” and fabricated threats to distort the truth. Through projection and media amplification, its strategic communication seeks to
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Remarks by Dr. Gjon Culaj at the OCTOPUS Forum: “Electoral Integrity under Hybrid Threats: Security Implications of Foreign Interference” Electoral integrity is a cornerstone of democratic governance, as it ensures that elections are conducted in a free, fair, and transparent manner. Beyond determining political leadership, elections provide citizens with the opportunity to participate in public
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Lynching as a Direct Threat to Nenad Rashiq In the whirlwind of numerous political events, regional tensions, and the informational fog that has engulfed the media space, the most threatening product of Serbian propaganda against Kosovo targets the “traitors” within the Serbian community. A text by Relja Zhelski, head of the Directorate of Analysis at
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Remarks by Dr. Iryna Synelnyk at the OCTOPUS Forum “Electoral Integrity Under Hybrid Threats: Security Implications of Foreign Interference” First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the opportunity to work with the Octopus Institute and share my insights on Russian and Serbian electoral manipulation and influence. As a Ukrainian journalist
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Opening Remarks by Dr.Arben Fetoshi, Director of OCTOPUS, at the Forum “Electoral Integrity Under Hybrid Threats: Security Implications of Foreign Interference” At a time when security and democracy, not only in the Western Balkans, but across Europe, are facing increasingly sophisticated forms of hybrid interference, ELECTIONS as a cornerstone of the liberal order, have become
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Author: Dr. Gurakuç Kuçi – External Associate at ISLH “OCTOPUS” Serbia is inciting the citizens of Montenegro and North Macedonia against Kosovo, with the aim of gradually extending this sentiment, as part of its strategic communication against Kosovo, to the institutional and state level. This sentiment is not remaining only on the political margins or
