Strategy & Defense 

Strategy, military security, and classic defense threats are still at the heart of current international relations. In this program, we will focus on military technology, trends in armaments and technology, modern strategic thinking, geopolitics, and armed conflicts.

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...

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...

Geopolitics Military Affairs Strategy & Defence

Usage of Drones in the War in Ukraine

Drones, or UAVs, were often considered weapons of the future. Before the two world wars in the 20th century, the...

Geopolitics

Quo Vadis, Kosovo?

As Kosovo embarks on its 16th year of independence, it faces a critical juncture characterised by a challenging journey filled...

Geopolitics Non-Military Security

Securing the North: NATO’s Response to Russian and Chinese Arctic Ambitions

Current trends in Arctic ice melt carry profound implications not only for the planet’s climate but also for the stability...

Geopolitics Military Affairs

Navigating XXI Century Geopolitical Shifts: Challenges and Opportunities in the Defence Sectors of Germany and Poland

Read the Long Read via the link: NAVIGATING XXI CENTURY GEOPOLITICAL SHIFTS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DEFENCE SECTORS OF...

Geopolitics Military Affairs

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

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

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...

Geopolitics Strategic Thinking

Moscow’s Red Lines, Nuclear Threat, and Restraint

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

Geopolitics Military Affairs

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

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

Geopolitics Global Agenda Strategic Thinking

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

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