Water Wars in Eurasia: How Climate Stress Shapes Security Conflicts?
The Aral Sea, which was previously one of the largest inland lakes in the world, has gained a strong image of environmental degradation. The sea has been receding drastically since the 1960s due to aggressive water diversion by two main tributaries of the sea, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya. This diversion is based on […]
Space as the Next Battlefield: Eurasia’s Role in Militarisation of Outer Space
The outer space, which was the preserve of scientific exploration and civil communications, has turned into a military battlefield. This move gained momentum in the 2020s, with governments in Eurasia adopting the area of space as a platform of military actions and national security. Russia and China are some of the major players who have […]
The Future of Jihad in Eurasia: From Chechnya to the Digital Battlefield
The roots of modern Eurasian jihad lie in post-Soviet conflicts in Chechnya and Dagestan. Initially nationalist, these movements turned jihadist by the late 1990s. The First Russo-Chechen War (1994–1996) fueled long-term insurgency, as Russian crackdowns and separatist radicalization transformed the struggle into one driven by Islamist ideology. Such leaders as Shamil Basaev and Ibn al-Khattab […]
How Russia and Central Asia Became Key Hubs for Terrorist Financing Networks?
Russia and Central Asia have become very important conduits in the international world of terror funding and recruitment of foreign fighters. The evolution of the ways extremist networks finance their activities and recruit fighters across boundaries is a consistent trend in the region since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war and the emergence of […]
Foreign Fighters in Eurasia: The Hidden Threat of Returning Extremists
The invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was a pivot in the geopolitical affairs of the region as well as in the mobilization of foreign fighters in general. The war attracted people representing dozens of nations, and these people were inspired either by ideological, humanitarian, or political concerns to participate in the conflict and in many […]
Echoes of war: The reality and myths of Central Asian jihadist returnees
Though wars in Syria and Iraq have faded from headlines, the return of Central Asian jihadi fighters remains critical. Since 2014, hundreds joined ISIS from countries like Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. As ISIS lost ground, many returned, raising complex security, legal, and social challenges across the region still grappling with their reintegration. However, amid the media […]
The role of Hybrid CoE in shaping NATO-EU counter-hybrid collaborations
In the modern day more and more complicated security environment threats are not the only issue to worry about. Both states and non-state actors now use hybrid tactics: a combination of disinformation, cyber attacks, economic pressure, and covert military actions, to subvert enemies without driving straight to all-out war. In an attempt to resolve this […]
Humza Yousaf accuses UK ministers of misusing anti‑terror laws against pro‑Palestine activists
As tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through London, former Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf said that the government was “abusing” anti-terror legislation against pro-Palestine protestors. On Saturday afternoon, a demonstration led by organizations affiliated with the Palestine Coalition marched from Russell Square in the heart of London to Whitehall. With marchers holding Palestinian flags […]
Kneecap rapper appears in court facing terrorism charge for displaying Hezbollah flag
As hundreds of people gathered outside in support, a member of the Irish rap duo Kneecap appeared in a London court on Wednesday, charged with terrorism for allegedly flying a banner in favor of the Lebanese militia Hezbollah. At a Kneecap performance in London in November 2024, Liam O’Hanna, better known by his stage name […]
Poland charges teens in Breivik-inspired terror plot
According to Poland’s interior ministry on Thursday, three 19-year-old males have been charged with obtaining pyrotechnic materials and organizing terrorist acts, including an attack on a school that was motivated by mass murderers like Norwegian Anders Breivik. In 2011, the anti-Muslim neo-Nazi Breivik committed Norway’s greatest peacetime crime, killing 77 people. He shot down 69 […]