By Selim Ibraimi-(CSSD) Human Intelligence as an important factor on global competition for gathering intelligence. Information technology and non-state actors now have changed the approaches of tools of tradecraft on intelligence. Theft of top secret information from NSA determines a different angle how we looked and how intelligence community shouldContinue Reading
By Selim Ibraimi- The Balkans remain the area of instability. Even though the security and stabilization has been improved since the 1999, the region fails back on current trends. Migration of Syrian refugees dramatically has change the Western Balkans and had direct impact on the feature of the region. Russia’s offensiveContinue Reading
CSSD(Macedonia)– A new report from the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation says ISIS is increasingly recruiting former criminals. NPR’s Audie Cornish talks to Peter Neumann, a co-author of the report. Please listen to the audio report of NPR: Photo Credit: OSCEContinue Reading
By Selim Ibraimi-(CSSD) The war on extremism is not as easy as thought by senior officials and politicians who sit around the office. For practitioners and researchers of this phenomenon, extremism and radicalization pose a risk now, day by day is threatening not only the ethnic states but also multi-ethnic societies.Continue Reading
The Byzantine Empire was the first to create a “Bureau of Barbarians” and use it to great effect. It gathered information from all neighboring enemies states (ruler’s personality, power struggles, local customs, etc.), it analyzed reports arriving from envoys, it organized visits for foreign diplomats to Constantinople, and did almostContinue Reading
DINA TEMPLE-RASTON, NPR-The most effective de-radicalization programs build trust and then challenges a jihadist mindset. A version of this program in Copenhagen, Denmark, is called VINK. A counselor explains the process and the lessons it might hold for the U.S. http://www.npr.org/2016/09/05/492727640/mentoring-program-works-to-prevent-radicalization-in-copenhagen AUDIO: Photo.Washington PostContinue Reading
By Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Tuesday to restore economic ties damaged after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane in November. The pair shook hands and exchanged pleasantries after meeting at Konstantin Palace in St. Petersburg, with Erdogan thanking PutinContinue Reading
By Selim Ibraimi-The Center for Security Studies and Development-Macedonia (CSSD) The Western Balkans remain the area of instability. (Stay Tuned)Continue Reading
By Blerim Abedini- The Center for Security Studies and Development- Macedonia(CSSD) To remind, the Islamic State announced after continuous fighting (opposition) against the Syrian regime. This army of IS, is hybrid, that has defined its own form. This military force has accelerated, disregard deadlines for a peace agreement between centralizedContinue Reading
By Thomas Shannon Stiles-The Panama Canal: A Century of Operation and the Impact of the Expansion Project PART 2- Sovereignty Issues and Torrijos-Carter Treaties While there is a great deal of history detailing the political changes in Panama and the Canal, post construction, the most significant to this discussion isContinue Reading