Selim Ibraimi discusses elections, nationalism and U.S. policy in Macedonia
(CSSD-Macedonia)-Macedonia goes to the parliamentary elections on December 11, 2016. For this Balkan analyst MA Selim Ibraimi spoke on DIPLOMATICUS-NEWS 24. Stay tuned this Thursday 20:30 pm in News 24 -Albania. The political crisis in Macedonia-Albanian opposition. Corruption, DUI and DPA, SDSM and VMRO- in Albanian context. Russia is movingContinue Reading
The craft of intelligence
(CSSD-Macedonia) -If the experts could point to any single book as a starting point for understanding the subject of intelligence from the late twentieth century to today, that single book would be Allen W. Dulles’s The Craft of Intelligence. This classic of spycraft is based on Allen Dulles’s incomparable experienceContinue Reading
IS Recruits Criminals To Carry Out Attacks In Europe, Report Finds
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
Lack of resources on preventing extremism in Macedonia
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
Elections: dream or nightmare for Macedonia
By Selim Ibraimi- Center for Security Studies and Development-Macedonia (CSSD) PART I Reflections on Geopolitics: Intersection of geopolitics in Macedonia.The Balkans and Europe after the Crimean annexation.Russian intervention in Syria. Formation of the regional divisions in Balkans. 1.Due to the crisis in Crimea and Russian expansion in Europe, all WesternContinue Reading
Intelligence and cyber warfare
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
Empress Irene:Connecting women to the Silk Road
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NPR:Mentoring Program Works To Prevent Radicalization
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
MACEDONIA IS STANDING OUT OF BALKAN ENERGY UNION
( Intelligence Unit of CSSD-Macedonia)– An Energy Union is on the rise in the Balkan Peninsula.Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) is going to play a proxy tool for the world powers on building a new energy infrastructure. Regional powers as Turkey and Russia may push Macedonia on wrong directions. US alliesContinue Reading
Two different scenarios for the Western Balkans
By Selim Ibraimi -(CSSD) Russia and Turkey are before historic moments and both forces claim to bring a new order in the Balkans, Caucasus and Middle East. From the historical aspect of the XV century, Russo-Turkish rivalry has grown in the Black Sea, Crimean Tatars and was more dynamic in theContinue Reading