Autor: OctopusInstitut

INSTITUTI PËR STUDIME TË LUFTËS HIBRIDE OCTOPUS Instituti për Studime të Luftës Hibride “Octopus”Institute for Hybrid Warfare Studies “Octopus”Propaganda Mediatike Serbe dhe Ruse në KosovëSerbian and Russian Media Propaganda in Kosovo Autorët/AuthorsAgim MusliuDrejtor / DirectorTaulant ElshaniHulumtues / Researcher

Policy Recommendations from the Octopus Institute Taulant Elshani Researcher 12/01/2024 In Serbia, President Aleksandar Vučić’s authoritarianism has now been consolidated to the extent that it is universally linked to the political and historical fate of the recent decades of the Serbian state. The concentration of power, manifested by media and civil society control, the subjugation of the opposition, strong ties with the underworld, electoral machinations (especially those of December 17th), connections with dictator Putin, and after the invasion of Ukraine, the West’s surprisingly tolerant approach to Serbian authoritarian President Aleksandar Vučić have turned the latter into a reckless political adventurer,…

Serbia’s chronic dependence on the Russian Federation: How Serbia is turning into a client and proxy stat Dependence in the inter-state and political context involves a wide and often intertwined spectrum of factors. As a multifaceted concept, dependency can be defined as the degree to which one state or political entity relies on another for political support or diplomatic cooperation. In the historical events in the Balkans, and especially from 1878 onwards, the special relations between Russia and Serbia have been decisive in the political fate of the latter, and have substantially shaped and influenced almost all the main political…