Modern, Strong and Reliable Intelligence — a Strong State

Today is the time when the state should, at last, pay attention to such an extremely important state instrument as intelligence. It is of vital importance in today’s complex world, especially for Ukraine. The attitude to the Intelligence in Ukraine is still the Soviet one, or as it is also called the “sovok” approach — as to something super secret and mysterious, which is often very beneficial to the authorities, therefore sometimes it prompts them to use intelligence for other agendas or to use it ineffectively, when the intelligence service is assessed from the point of view of its leader’s personal commitment, and not on the results of the work, and also quite often on the principle…

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Afghanistan: The Struggle for the Taliban

The analysis of the events around Afghanistan makes suggests a conclusion that today the struggle of Europe, Russia and the United States for influence on the Taliban in the future of Afghanistan is continuing and gaining momentum.   At this, the official Kabul, the United States and Germany will try to help a split of the Taliban in order to force them to peace and signing an agreement. The movement has come close enough to actually getting the status of “liberation movement” and become a subject of the international process and official negotiations.   The article is available in Ukrainian

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The USA — China — Russia. Is There a Ukrainian Context?

Victor Hvozd in the CIVILIZATION program on the Ukrainian Media Network   We keep saying that Ukraine should be a subject in a global context. But how to compete for the attention of the world, if there are such big players as the USA, Russia and China? What’s so special about their relationship, what do we say about them now? 1st July 2019, President of the “Borysfen Intel” Independent Analytical Center Victor Hvozd took part in the CIVILIZATION geopolitical program on the Ukrainian Media Network. The host of the program is a specialist in international security Yevhen Zherebetskyi.   Watch the full program (in Ukrainian):  

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