La Fregola Artica sembra quasi una notazione ornitologica (piuttosto che un appunto gastronomico), invece sottolinea solo una certa eccitazione intorno all’Artico che caratterizza in particolare questi mesi. In realtà della terra dei ghiacci se ne parla da anni, ma l’incertezza geopolitica, il processo di rischieramento delle potenze a livello globale, le minacciate “invasioni” di aree di territorio artico, il riposizionamento possibile della logistica, hanno drammatizzato la questione artica, portandola a livelli di emozione e fretta politica inusuale.
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SPOTREP: UK security alert over Russian espionage activities against NATO personnel – by Emilio Palmieri
INCIDENT
A few days ago, the UK authorities issued a notice highlighting Russian espionage efforts targeting NATO personnel hosted in a hotel located in the German city of Wiesbaden. The guesthouse is close to the NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU) headquarters at the US Army’s Clay Kaserne military base, which is a key hub for coordinating military support and logistics assisting Ukraine’s defense forces against Russia.
Continue readingThe “October 7” attacks: the 1985 and 2023 terrorist operations and their aftermath – by Maria Alvanou
October 7th has been a turning point in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict trajectory, with its aftermath mobilising and polarising millions of people all over the world, to support the Palestinian cause, while governments internationally seem to juggle between recognising the right of Israel to defend itself and recognising the right of Palestinians to exist also in safety. But there was another October 7th in the history of terrorism, that seems to have been forgotten, though it actually: the hijacking of Achille Lauro.
Continue readingSPOTREP: The French security services’ warning against Russian espionage activities against the defense industry – By Emilio Palmieri
INCIDENT
A few days ago, French security services issued a warning in which they singled out the need to enhance the awareness towards espionage activities on the part of Russian spy agencies targeting the national defense industrial complex. The memo emphasized attempts, carried out through various means, of human approaches to individuals belonging to concerned national companies involved in the defense sector with the aim of soliciting or even coercing employees to provide information relating to their own corporate production.
Continue reading24 years after 9/11: a critical look at the changing terrorism landscape – By Maria Alvanou & Marco Lombardi
September 11 remains a day when we reflect on how terrorism has changed not only the way states respond to the phenomenon, but also how citizens react to government decisions, international affairs, and counterterrorism measures under the fear of victimization.
Continue reading“Vincere i cuori e le menti”: la rete jihadista in Italia passa dai social agli arresti – by E. Ristuccia e G. Giardini
Da gennaio 2024 a giugno 2025, in Italia sono stati effettuati 28 arresti per terrorismo islamico. Gli individui arrestati per tali reati sono di nazionalità, età e contesti socio-culturali differenti, con una prevalenza di soggetti rientranti nella fascia d’età dei Millenials e della Generazione Z, più generalmente intesa come fascia 19-30 anni. Tuttavia, denominatore comune di quasi la totalità degli arresti effettuati è il ruolo sempre più centrale dei social media nei processi di avvicinamento e successiva radicalizzazione.
Continue readingHybrid Threats (HT) and the pressing need for setting up a unified governmental organizational unit in Italy – by Emilio Palmieri
The problem set: Hybrid Threats (HT[1]) are currently the most significant factors contributing to global instability.
Continue reading“Path to Sainthood”: the role of influence played by the ‘Sanctification Propaganda Cycle’ within the Terrorgram collective – by S. Lucini e A. Pugnana
The following article is an extract from the paper “Path to Sainthood”: the role of influence played by the ‘Sanctification Propaganda Cycle’ within the Terrorgram collective, Issue 4, Vol. 21, published by the ITSTIME international journal Sicurezza, Terrorismo, Società.
Continue readingEpilogo dell’orchestra: la PMC Wagner si ritira dal Mali – by A. Bolpagni ed E. Ristuccia
“Missione compiuta” o, meglio, “la PMC Wagner ha completato la sua missione in Mali”. Con queste parole, il 6 giugno, due tra i principali canali di propaganda dell’ecosistema Wagner su Telegram hanno annunciato (in contemporanea) con un video, seguito da un breve messaggio, la fine delle operazioni della PMC Wagner in Mali.
Continue readingSPOTREP: Operation “Spiderweb”. A paradigm shift in modern warfare – by Emilio Palmieri
WHAT WE KNOW (SALT report)
Size. 117 first-person view (FPV) armed Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAVs).
Activity. Complex and coordinated remotely controlled precision strikes against strategic and nuclear bombers aircrafts hosted in five major Russian air bases.
Continue reading“If you cannot win, change the rules”: Russian sabotage campaigns in Europe – by A. Bolpagni & E. Ristuccia
Since the outbreak of the so-called Russia’s ‘Special Operation’, Moscow has drastically increased sabotage operations on the European continent. Since the 2014 Crimean War, sabotage operations have been a trademark of the Glavnoje upravlenije General’nogo shtaba Vooruzhonnykh sil Rossiyskoy Federatsii (GRU), namely Russia’s foreign military intelligence agency of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
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