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“Octopus” Institute and AIIS Sign Memorandum of Cooperation

Tirana, September 10, 2026 The “Octopus” Institute for Hybrid War Studies and the Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on Thursday in Tirana, for joint research, analysis, and activities in the fields of geopolitics and security. The Director of the “Octopus” Institute, Arben Fetoshi, stated that the agreement aims to […]

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SERBIAN-RUSSIAN ALIGNMENT IN ELECTION FOREIGN INTERFERENCE

(Remarks by Dr. Iryna Synelnyk at the OCTOPUS Forum “Electoral Integrity Under Hybrid Threats: Security Implications of Foreign Interference”) June 1, 2026 Share First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the opportunity to work with the Octopus Institute and share my insights on Russian and Serbian electoral manipulation and influence.

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PASQYRA E AGRESORIT

18 maj 2026 Në kontekstin dixhital të luftës së informacionit, propaganda kërkon më shumë sofistikim dhe stimulim emocional. Strategjia e “viktimizimit” e Serbisë përdor atribuim të rremë, “akuza pasqyruese” dhe fabrikim kërcënimesh, duke synuar manipulimin e së vërtetës. Përmes projeksionit dhe amplifikimit në media, komunikimi i saj strategjik përbëhet nga mobilizimi i brendshëm, konfuzioni ndërkombëtar

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PROJEKTI I BIA-S PËR (LISTA)SERBIZIMIN E KOSOVËS

(Linçimi si përgjigje është ndaj Nenad Rashiqit) 2 qershor 2026 FacebookTwitterPinterest Në vorbullën e ngjarjeve të ndryshme politike, tensioneve rajonale dhe mjegullnajës informative që ka kapluar hapësirën mediale, produkti më kërcënues i propagandës kundër Kosovës targeton “tradhtarët” në mes të komunitetit serb. Një tekst i Relja Zhelskit, shef i Drejtorisë së Analizës në BIA, është

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INTEGRITETI ZGJEDHOR DHE SIGURIA KOMBËTARE

(Nga diskutimi i Gjon Culajt në Forumin e Institutit OCTOPUS “Integriteti i Zgjedhjeve përballë Kërcënimeve Hibride: Implikimet e Sigurisë nga Ndërhyrja e Jashtme”) June 5, 2026 Share Në shoqëritë demokratike, zgjedhjet e lira e të drejta janë fundament i demokracisë përfaqësuese, duke siguruar legjitimitetin e institucioneve politike, stabilitetin e rendit publik dhe mbrojtjen e interesave

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SERBIAN-RUSSIAN ALIGNMENT IN ELECTION INTERFERENCE

(Remarks by Dr. Iryna Synelnyk at the OCTOPUS Forum “Electoral Integrity Under Hybrid Threats: Security Implications of Foreign Interference”) First of all, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the opportunity to work with the Octopus Institute and share my insights on Russian and Serbian electoral manipulation and influence. As a Ukrainian journalist

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ELECTIONS IN KOSOVO: SERBIA THREATENS DEMOCRACY AND REGIONAL SECURITY

(Opening Remarks by Arben Fetoshi, Director of OCTOPUS, at the Forum “Electoral Integrity Under Hybrid Threats: Security Implications of Foreign Interference”) At a time when security and democracy, not only in the Western Balkans, but across Europe, are facing increasingly sophisticated forms of hybrid interference, ELECTIONS as a cornerstone of the liberal order, have become

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The Psychopolitical Encirclement of Kosovo by Serbia through Montenegro and North Macedonia

May 14, 2026 Written by: Dr. Gurakuç Kuçi, Professor at Universum College and External Associate at ISLH “OCTOPUS” Serbia is inciting the citizens of Montenegro and North Macedonia against Kosovo, with the aim of gradually extending this sentiment, as part of its strategic communication against Kosovo, to the institutional and state level. This sentiment is

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Religious authoritarianism as a method of hegemonic politics

December 12, 2025 FacebookTwitterPinterest Share What are the real threats from the combination of “verticalization of power” with religion in the Russian-Serbian doctrine of hybrid warfare? Author: Dr. Gurakuç KuçiSenior Researcher at the Institute for Hybrid Warfare Studies “OCTOPUS”and professor at UNI College Autocracies rarely invent new methods; they usually recycle those that have worked

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