On 18th June 2026, our Head of Operations, Dr Petros Petrikkos took part as a speaker on hybrid threats during the proceedings of the European Union INTCEN Hybrid Fusion Cell (HFC) Points of Contact & Informal Horizontal Working Party on Enhancing Resilience and Countering Hybrid Threats (HWP ERCHT) under the Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026. The main discussion concerned the ways through which such threats are present across Cypriot society and institutions.

Transparency deficits create structural vulnerabilities enabling corruption to operate as a force multiplier for national security threats. In this context, information asymmetries, weak oversight mechanisms, and inadequate accountability frameworks establish permissive environments where corrupt actors exploiting institutional blind spots.

Geopolitics, Strategic Intelligence, and the Emerging Security Architecture of the Eastern Mediterranean. This working paper examines Cyprus’s pivotal role in Eastern Mediterranean security dynamics, analysing the intersection of unresolved territorial disputes, intensifying energy geopolitics, strategic alliance shifts, and the evolving landscape of intelligence cooperation and hybrid threats.

Cognitive Warfare and the Future of European Security. Wars used to begin at borders.