Author: Dr. Gurakuç Kuçi – Senior Researcher at the Institute for Hybrid Warfare Studies “OCTOPUS” and professor at UNI College On 3 August 2025, the Serbian party Novo lice Srbije announced that the Kosovo Civic Initiative “Narodna pravda” has joined it and that in Kosovo they will operate under the name “Novo lice – Narodna
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The address of the Director of the Institute for Hybrid Warfare Studies “OCTOPUS,” Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arben Fetoshi, participated in the 8th Ambassadors’ Conference, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora of Kosovo. The conference, held in Pristina, featured several thematic sessions, including one titled “Non-Conventional Security Threats and Risks,” in which Mr.
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An ICJ decision that ignited the geopolitical calculations of the Serbo‑Russian axis Author: Dr. Arben Fetoshi – Director of Institute for Hybrid Warfare Studies “OCTOPUS” On the 15th anniversary of the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion (ICJ, 2010) on the legality of Kosova’s independence, a legal act has symbolically transformed into a “frontline” between
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Why is Serbia attempting to maintain control through fear? Author: Dr. Arben Fetoshi A manipulative campaign using the “cherry-picking” technique, debunked by its own reference as a source. Analyses and articles published in recent days on the Kosovo Online portal falsely referred to a conference in Prishtina that addressed trends, challenges, and countermeasures against extremism,
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Author: Dr. Gurakuç Kuçi – Researcher at ISLH “OCTOPUS” As we previously warned during the roundtable discussion on January 28 and our policy paper published on January 31, 2025, Serbia’s interference in the February 9 elections is escalating to alarming proportions. Recent findings indicate systematic interference by Belgrade aimed at influencing voters and distorting the
Introduction: The Institute for Hybrid Warfare Studies “OCTOPUS” in Pristina organized an international conference on October 2, 2024, titled “The Impact of Russian Aggression in Ukraine on European Geopolitics.” The event featured prominent experts, diplomats, politicians, and scholars from the region, as well as internationally recognized figures, including Dr. Jennifer Cassidy from Oxford, Dr. Pekka
On the anniversary of the Banjska attack, the objectives behind this violent act are being refreshed with renewed intensity. Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has expressed strong support for the Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic, promoting the return of Serbian forces to Kosovo in accordance with UN Resolution 1244. This
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Author: Dr. Arben Fetoshi The head of the largest intelligence agency in the world visits three countries of the Western Balkans without warning, for a radical operation after the ‘metastasis’ of the Russian cancer that threatens European peace. In the most critical phase of the conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East, meanwhile US is
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The axes of dictatorship continue to cast a dark shadow over the democratic world. Ignoring these acts strengthens these dictatorships, making them a serious threat to the entire world. Serbia, as one of the main contributors to this, is becoming the Kremlin’s bomb fuse ready to explode within the West. Author: Agim Musliu – Director
Author: Dr. Iryna Synelnyk – Voluntary Cooperation* Institute for Studying Hybrid Warfare “Octopus” has prepared a summary of the ongoing Russian disinformation campaign DoppelGanger, which is shared in the USA and European countries. We do not know of any Balkan cases of this campaign, but do not rule out such possibility as given the close
