Category Archives: Communication

26Giu/23

PMC Wagner and Allied Mercenaries, Aftermath of the March by – Federico Borgonovo & Giulia Porrino

Communication, Intelligence, Security, Terrorism, , , ,

During the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, PMC Wagner exploited online and offline support of some military groups, including:

  • Española, a parallel battalion of Russian ultras led by Alexander Shum and with a special training centre near San Petersburg.
  • Rusich, a reconnaissance, sabotage and assault group, directly attached to the PMC Wagner.
  • Serb members, active since the deployment in Syria. Those are linked with several ultras’ communities.
  • Níðhöggr (Nidhogg), a little unit near to the Scandinavian right-wing militia funded by an actual Wagner member.  

All these units were orbiting around the PMC Wagner as embedded support groups. Starting from their online propaganda we theorized a pro-Wagner alliance system (figure 1).

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15Mar/23

Correlation Is Not Causation: Wagner e migranti come attori della guerra cognitiva – by Giulia Porrino

Communication, Intelligence, Migration, Terrorism, ,

Nella giornata di lunedì il Ministro della Difesa Guido Crosetto e il Ministro degli Affari Esteri Antonio Tajani hanno denunciato la presenza della PMC Wagner dietro l’aumento degli sbarchi sulle coste italiane, triplicati rispetto allo stesso periodo nel 2022. Secondo i Ministri si tratta di una strategia di guerra cognitiva che i mercenari russi stanno attuando per destabilizzare l’Europa. Non si è fatta attendere la risposta di Prigozhin (su Telegram), che ha negato di essere al corrente di quanto sta accadendo.

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31Gen/23

Holocaust Remembrance Day attack in Jerusalem: Comments from a European security perspective – by Maria Alvanou

Communication, Surveillance, Terrorism, , ,

The phrase “one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter” has been used in the discussion for decades now regarding whether violence conducted by Palestinians against Israelis constitutes terrorism or not. Different geopolitical interests, ideological approaches, historical accounts, and even personal affiliations, in conjunction with the complexity of the Middle Eastern issue and the grievances people have been facing in this area, have led to different characterizations. Some have called them terrorism, others insurgency or resistance. And indeed, from an operational point of view, when attacks have been aiming at military targets, things can be blurred. However, there have been some true textbook cases of terrorism. Such a case has been the one of January 27th, 2023, that has led UN Spokesperson, António Guterres to state: “There is never any excuse for acts of terrorism.  They must be clearly condemned and rejected by all.”[1]  

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31Gen/23

Beyond Remembrance. Traces of anti-Semitism in the current communication spaces – by Giacomo Buoncompagni

Communication, Terrorism, ,

The examples of genocide or individual cases of hate crimes are rather recent episodes and mainly concern the re-emergence of attitudes of racism and xenophobia. Among the phenomena of hostility and aggression towards ‘others’, anti-Semitism is a particular phenomenon that has been growing in recent years throughout Europe. It is in fact an ancient hatred, the ‘longest’ in the history of mankind, expressed towards Jews as such (or as Jean-Paul Sartre already observed, often even in the absence of Jews), but which today takes on new faces and characters depending on the social, cultural, and political context in which we live. Especially in the period around 27 January each year, Remembrance Day, there are punctual acts of anti-Semitism, even in Italy.

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26Apr/17

Attacchi chimici e Missili americani: le Fonti sono attendibili? – by Gabriele Mori

Communication, Terrorism, , ,

In buona sostanza, la più grande fonte d’informazione e di statistiche sulla guerra civile siriana è, fino a prova contraria, un solo uomo. Scrive sulla Siria da casa sua, nella campagna del Regno Unito a migliaia di chilometri dai teatri del conflitto. Possiede solo “strumenti semplici”, ha un passato politico nettamente di parte e riceve per il servizio offerto denaro da un paese non definito che ipoteticamente ha tutto l’interesse acché quest’uomo rimanga una fonte informativa sulla tematica. Continue reading →

13Apr/16

Dabiq 14: la propaganda dopo Bruxelles – by Alessandro Burato

Communication, Terrorism, , , ,

È di pochi minuti fa la diffusione del quattordicesimo numero di Dabiq, la rivista del Daesh, atteso per vedere come i recenti attacchi di Bruxelles sarebbero stati ripresi dalla propaganda. Tutta la premessa del nuovo numero, infatti, è dedicata agli attentati avvenuti il 22 marzo nella capitale belga. Ritorna il tema trattato anche nei video di rivendicazione che si sono moltiplicati l’indomani degli attentati: “Flames ignited years ago in Iraq have now scorched the battleground of Belgium […] Paris was a warning. Brussels was a reminder.” Continue reading →

04Gen/16

Fine 2015, Inizio 2016: Daesh tace e ci pensano i suo nemici a promuoverlo – by Marco Lombardi e Alessandro Burato

Communication, Terrorism, , , ,

La fine dell’anno 2015 e l’avvio del nuovo 2016 sono stati caratterizzati da un’attenzione costante di media, agenzie di intelligence, aspiranti strateghi e politici alle possibili minacce di Daesh, sempre presente nel rumore mediatico di fondo di queste feste. Continue reading →