The European Union-Western Balkan Summit that took place on December 6, 2022, in Tirana represented a significant milestone for the Balkan Region. The enthusiasm of being the host country of such an important event (the first ever in the Western Balkans) was contagious in Albania. In a country of only 110 years of which around 45 years were spent in isolation due to the communist regime, these kinds of events are perceived with a touch of “magic”.

Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI) v  rámci projektu „České volby v  éře dezinformací: prezidentské volby 2023“ monitoruje veřejnou online debatu o prezidentských volbách a jednotlivých kandidátech. Tato měsíční zpráva se věnuje monitoringu z listopadu 2022, který zahrnoval 100 příspěvků s největším počtem interakcí na Facebooku ze strany prezidentských kandidátů, politických stran a jejich lídrů. Doplňuje jej analýza online debaty o kandidátech na webech známých šířením dezinformací a z mainstreamových médií, zaměřena na pronikání manipulativních narativů z okrajových platforem do politického mainstreamu.

The Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI), as part of the International Republican Institute’s (IRI) Beacon Project, monitored the Czech debate on Facebook concerning the European Green Deal, climate change, and energy-related issues in October 2022. 

Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI) v rámci projektu „České volby v éře dezinformací: Prezidentské volby 2023“ monitoruje veřejnou online debatu o prezidentských volbách a jednotlivých kandidátech.

PSSI’s Managing Director, Jana Robinson, contributed to the 2022 GlobState Conference, held under the auspices of the Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces. The event discussed Central and East European perspective on the future security environment, future battlespace and military operations, shaping the future warfare and military strategies. Dr. Robinson spoke on Session 2C: “Future Battlespace and Military Operations”. 

On Nov 28, 2022, our Space Security Program Project Coordinator, Frantisek Avrat, addressed the intersection between remote sensing and  security as part of a panel discussion at the Czech Copernicus User Forum 2022 organized by CENIA, Czech Environmental Informational Agency, Ministry of Transport, and Ministry of Environment. 

PSSI has the pleasure to bring to you the 5th episode of the Space Cafè Radio - PSSI Space Security Mini-Series, a radio series focused on allied preparedness to face the rapidly changing space domain. 

On November 15th, our project coordinator Lenka Meluzínová was moderating an informal meeting with an activist Samuel Chu and representatives of the Czech China experts regarding the situation in Hong Kong. 

"Not one Chinese company in the United states has complied with US federal security laws," says PSSI Chairman Roger W. Robinson Jr. in a lecture on China and Economic Warfare at Hillsdale College.