War in Ukraine as the Second World War: How is Zelenskyy shaping the perception of war through historical analogies

Others

It has been over a year since Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine commenced on February 24, 2022. Throughout this period,...

Andreas Umland: Four Challenges Facing a Ukrainian-Russian Truce. Part III: The Crimean Conundrum

Geopolitics Military Affairs

Executive Summary There is currently an intense debate about scenarios for ending, or at least freezing, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine....

Major Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Narratives and Their Transmitters in Poland, Czechia, and Slovakia

Non-Military Security

The fall of the Soviet Union ended over 30 years ago, but the Kremlin to this day attempts to maintain...

Infodemic and Societal Resilience in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland

Non-Military Security

Although disinformation is hardly a new phenomenon, the internet has enabled the ultimate battle for hearts and minds, and social...

Andreas Umland: Four Challenges Facing a Ukrainian-Russian Truce. Part II: Domestic Hindrances for a Russian-Ukrainian Truce

Strategic Thinking

Picture credit: designed by artist Boris Groh/Ukraine Postal Service Summary There is intense public debate over when and how to...

Educating the next generation of security and defence experts

Others

In the beginning of March Adapt organized the closing ceremony for the second year of Security Academy, an educational program...

Moscow’s Red Lines, Nuclear Threat, and Restraint

Geopolitics Strategic Thinking

Red lines and nukes Whenever the Ukrainian armed forces achieved something vis-à-vis their Russian foe, and occasionally even without immediate...

Andreas Umland: Four Challenges Facing a Ukrainian-Russian Truce. Part I: The Constitutional Impasse

Geopolitics Military Affairs

Executive Summary The already heated discussion among policymakers and policy shapers in the West on how the Russian-Ukrainian war could...

Andreas Umland: How the West Can Help Ukraine: Three Strategies for Achieving a Ukrainian Victory and Rebirth

Geopolitics Global Agenda Strategic Thinking

Executive Summary The geopolitical salience of the Russia–Ukraine War and the remoteness of Ukraine’s accession to the European Union or...

Report: StratCom for Supporting NATO Multinational Battlegroup in Slovakia

Military Affairs Non-Military Security

The NATO Multinational Battlegroup (NATO MN BG) has been present in Slovakia since April 2022 in response to the unprecedented...

Communicating Defence in Slovakia and the Czech Republic: Mapping Actors and Narratives online

Non-Military Security

We would like to present to you the newest research study for the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence. This...