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Cognitive warfare and the battle for trust: Dr Blatny’s perspective on security in the digital age
3+ hour, 49+ min ago (294+ words) Italy's top institutions are converging on a clear message: hybrid threats are now a concrete and growing challenge to national security. Recent warnings by President Sergio Mattarella and assessments by the Supreme Defence Council point to rising cyber and influence…...
Freedom will be defended in the tech stack
3+ week, 1+ day ago (666+ words) The security of democracies no longer depends only on military alliances or trade relations. It increasingly depends on the technological relationship between Europe and the United States. The technological stack " from rare earth minerals to artificial intelligence models " has become…...
Europe risks falling behind in the global tech race
3+ week, 1+ day ago (716+ words) Europe today faces a moment of truth " and artificial intelligence is bringing it sharply into focus. The pace of technological progress is relentless. We are living through a profound digital revolution, and by the time we begin to adapt to…...
Prosperity and security: Why the Transatlantic tech agenda matters
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1003+ words) Technology has become the frontier where the economic future and strategic resilience of democracies are increasingly decided. Democratic nations are now called not merely to adapt to technological transformation, but to guide it " ensuring that innovation reflects the principles of…...
The indispensable alliance: Europe, the U.S., and the global tech race
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1368+ words) Speech by Valentino Valentini For less than two weeks now, the Middle East has been burning in a conflict that few had anticipated with such intensity, and which risks spreading across ever wider areas of an already fragile and complex…...
Cyber defense also depends on cooperation among allied countries
3+ week, 5+ day ago (388+ words) On Wednesday, Italy's intelligence community presented its 2026 Annual Report, highlighting the need to change how security threats are addressed. The shift is driven by the increasingly central role of technology, which now underpins multiple dimensions of national security. The key…...
Threat Number One? Russia. According to Italian Intelligence
4+ week, 5+ hour ago (211+ words) Conflict Strategy and Hybrid Threats. Moscow is pursuing a multi-vector hybrid strategy aimed at destabilizing Western cohesion and undermining support for Kyiv. Economic Warfare and Energy Resources. Russia represents one of the most prominent cases of sustained economic warfare, having…...
Cyberattacks and Infowarfare Targeting Milano–Cortina 2026. Anatomy of a Hybrid Campaign
4+ week, 1+ day ago (889+ words) Cyberattacks and Infowarfare Targeting Milano'Cortina 2026. Anatomy of a Hybrid Campaign'Decode39 Decoding the news. Between mid-January and the closing ceremony, Europe's informational and infrastructural space experienced sustained hostile interference exhibiting characteristics consistent with deliberate hybrid operational planning. - By definition, the Olympic…...