To demonstrate this, the analysis does not speculate and does not rely on external polemic. It subjects a recent RUSI commentary on Russian hybrid escalation to forensic falsification using RUSI’s own institutional corpus and longitudinal indicators. The result is not a competing narrative, but a structural finding: the escalation ...
The Berlin talks represent a high-visibility diplomatic moment, but not a binding negotiation phase. While discussions continue, authoritative outcomes remain absent, and military activity persists in parallel. This combination shifts strategic pressure away from negotiated terms and toward interpretation, timing, ...
The 2025 US National Security Strategy (NSS) intervenes in a landscape where both sides of the Atlantic face structural vulnerabilities: Europe struggles with fragmentation, demographic decline, and persistent defence underperformance, while the United States confronts political polarization and institutional strain.¹ ...
