Author: Arben Fetoshi
Prof. Asoc. Dr. Arben Fetoshi In the framework of its hybrid warfare against Kosovo, Serbia has adopted the Russian model, tailored to serve its political objectives in the local context. Disinformation, cyberattacks, military threats, and subversive efforts are verified operations that Serbia attempts to mask through a strategic narrative of the “persecution and planned expulsion of the Serbian people from Kosovo.” Similar operations were carried out by Russia in its attempts to “legitimize” its aggression against Ukraine in 2022. De-Nazification, the protection of Russians from genocide, and the rectification of Soviet mistakes are Putin’s strategic narratives, aimed at concealing the…
Author: Prof. Asoc. Dr. Arben Fetoshi Despite the different definitions on the types of malicious information, information pollution is today a reality that seriously threatens democracy, security and the economy around the world. Information disorder is an influential concept that includes disinformation – as false information that is disseminated with the intention of causing harm, misinformation – as false information that is disseminated without the intent to cause harm but whose effects may nevertheless be harmful, and malinformation – as true information that is distributed with the purpose of harming a person, organization or a state. While the European Commission…
The transformation of the media as a result of information and communication technology (ICT) has brought back Lasswell’s ‘magic bullet’ to the scene as a calculated effect of media messages. Alongside the positive side of the digital revolution, with easier and faster access to information and the empowerment of marginalized groups in political communication, social media has become a ‘tragic bullet’ in the context of hybrid warfare. The trend of increasing their use as a source of information, their ability to generate, analyze analyses, and detect false content has favored the ‘devil of truth.’ In the new age of being…
Author: Arben Fetoshi The head of the largest intelligence agency in the world visits three countries of the Western Balkans without warning, for a radical operation after the ‘metastasis’ of the Russian cancer that threatens European peace. In the most critical phase of the conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East, meanwhile US is approaching the presidential elections of November the 5th, the head of the CIA “burned” Putin’s cards for a new front in the Western Balkans. The visit of William Burns to Sarajevo, Belgrade and Pristina has a special geopolitical significance with a double dimension: first, as a…