Complex Challenges & Resilience
Non-military security is a highly dynamic and ever-expanding component of the strategic environment. Our analyses cover various topics from hybrid influencing, terrorism, energy security, cyber, and new technologies. The ambition is to offer a society-wide approach and specific solutions for comprehensive resilience building.
Technology and Innovations
Future of mobility raises questions for national security
Some of the capabilities unique to software-defined-vehicles (SDVs) might negatively impact the individual and national security. Thanks to a grant...
Military Affairs Strategic Thinking Technology and Innovations
The Future of Drones: Strategic interregnum
Drones are rapidly reshaping the global security environment, altering the character of warfare, defence planning, and strategic competition. As technological...
Military Affairs Strategic Thinking Technology and Innovations
Drone Futures: Road to 2040. Foresight from Central Europe
Drones are reshaping global industries, security, and public services— and Central Europe is no exception. This foresight study looks ahead...
Global Agenda Non-Military Security Technology and Innovations
Addressing the Impact of Cyber Harassment and Digital Abuse Against Women
Author: Alexandra ŽákováExpert Supervisor: Dominik Štepanovič, Senior Analyst, National Security AuthorityPublished by Adapt Institute as part of the Security Academy...
Global Agenda Non-Military Security
The Impact of Hybrid Threats and Disinformation Campaigns in the Context of Georgia’s EU Candidacy
Author: Kristína BagošováExpert Supervisor: Maroš Cuník, South Caucasus Associate at GeopoLyticsPublished by Adapt Institute as part of the Security Academy...
Global Agenda Non-Military Security
Migration, Demographic Shifts, and Security: Slovakia’s Role in Shaping Future Policies
Author: Tereza FabuľováExpert Supervisor: Barbora Hrozenská, former Head of the Analytical Unit, Ministry of Defence of the Slovak RepublicPublished by...
Geopolitics Global Agenda
The Arctic Mirage: Rethinking the Russia-China Cooperation
Author: Simona NikoléniováExpert Supervisor: Richard Turcsányi, Program Director at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS)Published by Adapt Institute...
Global Agenda Non-Military Security
Water Security in the Context of Climate Change: Challenges and Strategic Responses
Author: Martin LibiakPublished by Adapt Institute as part of the Security Academy Program, supported by NATO and the British Embassy...
Military Affairs Technology and Innovations
Slovakia’s Helicopter Dilemma: What Should the Slovak Armed Forces Do in the Future?
Author: Róbert BednárPublished by Adapt Institute as part of the Security Academy Program, supported by NATO and the British Embassy...
Geopolitics Global Agenda
Growing Importance of the Arctic: Why Slovakia Should Pay Attention
Author: Peter LitvínExpert Supervisor: CDR Rachael Gosnell, Military Professor of Strategic Security Studies, George C. Marshall European Center for Security...
Complex Challenges & Resilience Non-Military Security Technology and Innovations
The War of Words: The Invisible Front of Information and Cyber Warfare during Armed Conflict in Ukraine
This paper examines how the war in Ukraine has redefined the nature of armed conflict by shifting a significant part...
Complex Challenges & Resilience Global Agenda Non-Military Security
Ghana after the Presidential Election: A Beacon of Democracy in a Turbulent Region
On December 7, 2024, Ghana held its presidential elections. The opposition leader and former president, John Mahama, secured a democratic...
Complex Challenges & Resilience Global Agenda Non-Military Security
Disinformation Resilience Index 2024: Central and Eastern Europe
How resilient are countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Eastern Partnership (EaP) to the growing threat of...
Global Agenda
How Mossad Paralysed Hezbollah: An Analysis of the Attack Using exploding pagers
A few weeks ago, the world was shaken by news of hundreds of exploding pagers in Lebanon, primarily belonging to...
Military Affairs Technology and Innovations
Slovak Defence Industry Up To 2030: Navigating Through New Reality Towards Rebirth
Over the past months, Adapt Institute analysts have been working on the preparation of a research study aimed at identifying...
Global Agenda Non-Military Security
Ensuring European Societal Resilience to the Future Challenges: MENA, Climate Change and EU Risk Management
There is an urgent need for sustainable solutions as the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region faces significant challenges...
Technology and Innovations
AI-Generated Disinformation: Understanding and Fighting New Phenomenon
The emergence of AI-generated disinformation has transformed the landscape of information warfare, enabling efficient and widespread creation, amplification, and dissemination...
Global Agenda Military Affairs Strategic Thinking
NATO Public Forum 2023
On 11-12 July 2023, NATO’s Heads of State and Government will meet in Vilnius Lithuania, at the NATO Summit, to...
Geopolitics Non-Military Security Technology and Innovations
Will the Switch to Renewable Energy Provide Fewer Instances For States to Use It as a Tool of Geopolitical Influence
Read the Long Read via link: Will the Switch to Renewable Energy Provide Fewer Instances For States to Use It...
Global Agenda
2023 Turkish Elections: What Is at Stake, and What Are the Possible Scenarios Following the Elections?
Download the Long read via 2023 Turkish Elections. Don't forget to watch quite an interesting debate on this hot topic...
Military Affairs Technology and Innovations
Defence Procurement: When Political Will Needs Pairing With Legislative Changes
Download the Long read via link: Defence Procurement: When Political Will Needs Pairing With Legislative Changes – Viliam Ostatník Don't...
Military Affairs Strategic Thinking Technology and Innovations
Non-nuclear Strategic Deterrence and pre-emptive approaches of Strategy. Poland and the Future of Deterrence by Denial. New A2/AD?
Download the Long read via link: Non-nuclear Strategic Deterrence and pre-emptive approaches of Strategy. Poland and the Future of Deterrence...
Non-Military Security Technology and Innovations
The Importance of (Counter)Intelligence: Is the EU Ready to Play the Big Game?
Download the Long read via link: The Importance of (Counter)Intelligence: Is the EU Ready to Play the Big Game? –...
Global Agenda Non-Military Security
Role of Nuclear Energy Vis-à-Vis Green Transition in Central Europe
The Central Europe region is specific for its relatively low share of renewable energy. There is a clear and unarguable...
Global Agenda Non-Military Security
Implications of climate change on the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA): Current pressures and future challenges
The Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) has been one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, warming...
Global Agenda Strategic Thinking
EU ́s Strategic Compass and its Implications: What is the Future of European Strategic Sovereignty?
The Strategic Compass represents a major political proposal to prevent the risk of “strategic shrinkage”. Strategic shrinkage refers to three...