The Shadow of Civilization: Ontological War and the Path to Victory
By 2025, world leaders had publicly signaled their readiness to adopt the rhetoric and operational frameworks established by Arnold Toynbee and Samuel Huntington. These scholars envisioned human history as a continuous cycle of coexistence and conflict between distinct civilizations across the globe. …
Cognitive warfare and cognitive superiority
The European tradition of thinking and public discussion is deeply rooted in Aristotle’s thesis on rhetoric. At the end of the day, this approach is also widely used in the way we see modern information warfare and tackling it. In 335 BC, …
Who are we?
The dawn of the second quarter of the 21st century has been characterized by a resurgence of late 19th-century dynamics — an era defined by powerful empires and smaller states that were forced to navigate their own paths amidst imperial ambitions. Just …
What war will we be fighting in 2026?
How has Ukrainian consciousness changed during 2025? How are new technologies changing our reality and how are old concepts dissolving? What is cognitive warfare and cognitive advantage? Why are we less interested in “what’s going on in Russia” and are our gazes finally directed …
The Kirill Dmitriev Bot Network: A Coordinated Campaign to Polish a Kremlin Envoy’s Image on X
In late 2025, as Kirill Dmitriev – CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Putin’s special envoy – emerged as a key figure in backchannel Ukraine peace talks (including high-profile Miami meetings with Trump aides Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner), …
How the western political elite can move from uncertainty to certainty in the Russian war
There continues to be much debate about the prospect of a “stalemate scenario” in Ukraine. While such a situation may seemingly decrease uncertainty on a short-term basis, this does not take away Putin’s ability to cause further trouble down the road. …
