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Russia’s Crime-Terror Nexus: How the GRU Weaponized Criminal Networks for Sabotage in Europe
From Intelligence Officers to Disposable Agents Between February 2022 and February 2026, European authorities documented at least 151 sabotage incidents linked to Russian intelligence services. The tally, compiled jointly by the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism and GLOBSEC, represents only cases where completed investigations allow confident attribution. The actual number is almost certainly higher. Germany alone
Strait of Hormuz Irregular Warfare Analysis
The Commercial Shutdown Came First On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury, a joint air and maritime campaign targeting Iranian command infrastructure, ballistic missile sites, and naval assets. Within hours, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps began issuing warnings to vessels: no ship would be allowed to pass through the
What is Hybrid Warfare? A Comprehensive Guide
Hybrid warfare is the coordinated use of military and non-military tools — including cyber attacks, disinformation, economic coercion, sabotage, proxy forces, and covert action — to achieve strategic objectives while remaining below the threshold of conventional armed conflict. The defining feature is not any single method, but the deliberate integration of multiple domains simultaneously, designed
Rail Disruptions at Milano Cortina 2026
Updated March 2026 Since this article was first published, significant developments have clarified the scale and investigative trajectory of the Milano Cortina rail sabotage. Three coordinated incidents struck on February 7, 2026 — the opening day of the Winter Olympics — within a four-hour window: electrical cables were severed on the Bologna high-speed corridor, an
Lithuania Uncovers GRU-Linked Sabotage Cell
VILNIUS — In a striking public attribution this week, Lithuanian authorities said they have charged six foreign nationals in connection with a Russian military intelligence-linked sabotage campaign targeting infrastructure connected to European security and Ukraine support. This case, and related incidents from Poland to the Baltic Sea, illustrates a pattern of hybrid sabotage that European
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 how thought itself becomes a weapon of endurance. Drawing from lived experience and personal insight, Drakonis examines the quiet, psychological
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
China’s Fishing Flotillas as Paramilitary Economic Warfare
In the darkness of the eastern Pacific, a floating city of light drifts beyond Ecuador’s territorial waters. Hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels illuminate the horizon, their floodlights cutting through the night while satellite transponders flicker off one by one. To the untrained eye, this looks like ordinary commerce. To regional navies and maritime analysts, it