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The Quiet Weapon of Survival
// Iliana Drakonis, Part Two of Eight ← Part One: No One Is Coming Part Two: The Quiet Weapon of Survival This article is Part Two of an eight-part series by Iliana Drakonis, a child of war who became a skilled participant. In this installment, she turns from the external to the internal battlefield, exploring…
No One Is Coming: Psychological Resilience as the True Power of Small Nations
This article is Part One of an eight-part series by Iliana Drakonis — a child of war, and later, a practitioner of it. Through this series, she unpacks both personal memory and professional experience to examine how nations and individuals endure under the weight of conflict. Her reflections bridge the emotional and the analytical, offering…
The Resistance Hub Podcast: Irregular Warfare, Explained
We launched The Resistance Hub Podcast to make the art and theory of resistance accessible to everyone. Too often, these conversations are by elites, for elites. While policy-facing content is important, our brand is designed for everyday people, the ones who need to understand how these forces shape their lives. The show runs weekly on…
The Power of Symbols: Why Iconography Matters in Resistance Movements
In every uprising, protest, or revolution, some moments transcend words. A lone figure with a raised fist. A sea of masked faces under glowing streetlights. A canopy of umbrellas repelling tear gas. These images don’t document. They define. They are the language of resistance, and like any language, they are strategic, deliberate, and powerful. For…
Ghost Unions of Belarus: Civil Resistance in the Shadows
In the authoritarian shadows of Eastern Europe, where public dissent is outlawed and civil society crushed beneath the heel of the state, an invisible form of resistance endures. In Belarus, where mass protests once filled the streets and now silence reigns, resistance movements have shifted not to the hills or forests, but into the very…
From Protest to Resistance: Turkey’s May Day Crackdown and the Erosion of Civic Space
On the morning of May 1, 2025, Istanbul was already bracing for confrontation. By nightfall, more than 400 protesters had been arrested, streets were thick with tear gas, and Turkey’s ruling elite had once again shown its willingness to criminalize dissent. The May Day 2025 crackdown was not just an isolated episode of crowd control.…
Romania’s Militant Democracy Movement: Defending the System, or Undermining It?
In March 2025, Romania’s Constitutional Court upheld a controversial decision to bar far-right candidate Călin Georgescu from running in a rerun of the presidential election. That ruling made militant democracy in Romania the sharpest live test of the doctrine anywhere in Europe. It followed Romania’s top electoral body invalidating the results of the December 2024…
The Weaponization of Information: How Disinformation Fuels Modern Warfare
In today’s connected world, disinformation has become one of the most powerful weapons in modern warfare. It spreads faster than bullets and undermines its targets from within, without a single shot fired. More dangerous than mere falsehoods, disinformation consists of deliberately constructed narratives designed to manipulate perception, erode trust, and achieve strategic objectives by distorting…