DonateNewsflash: Must-read-news for April 24, 2025
Infrequent and incomplete, but here are my most recent recommended reads for today:
The Friedrich Naumann Foundation is a liberal ThinkTank in Germany but not only there. It has outposts in several countries, like its counterparts from other parties as there are (amongst others) Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. The FNS is linked to the Free Democratic Party (FDP), FNF promotes liberal values, human rights, and market economies. They have offices worldwide and conduct seminars, workshops, and training programs. While doing so, they are a thorn in the side of dictatorial regimes. How the FNF spreads the word on Countering Cognitive Warfare can be seen here. FNF
The U.S. has made cartels and Organized Crime Groups (OCG) as “foreign terrorist organizations”. What that in the end means is described by RAND. It is seemingly an approach building up a similar Coalition of the Willing as it has been against Al Kaida. RAND
Sascha Dominik (Dov) Bachmann is a well renowned expert in Cognitive Warfare and his word is spreading over the whole world. That is shown by his most recent analysis on China’s greyzone-war against Taiwan, published at Australian Institute of International Affairs.
Traficking of ammunition – a very old topic, but it is always worth having a view on it. Today, may I proudly present to you a story about Bulgarian mortar shells which are finding its ways to the Sudan. Novinite.com
AI and war, that’s just another crucial topic these days. Avi Schechter shows how it shapes the landscape before, during and after wars. IsraelDefense
When a Secret Service publishes a public report, we may not expect too much insights. Nevertheless, as the Dutch Military Secret Service is very good, here is its report. That it is published by Politico is an additional hint that secrecy is not the only field where Secret Services are good at. Politico
