Category: DFC Research / Analysis

Current security events have again shed light on hybrid Russian activities in Montenegro, this time through a well-organized intelligence network, with the aim to collect confidential data of a NATO member. The epilogue of the activities carried out on September 29 by partner intelligence agencies and competent Montenegrin authorities, primarily the Ministry of Interior and […]

Dilemmas about the activities of the extreme right-wing in Montenegro have come to the fore lately, in parallel with the profound political, social, identity, and cultural crisis which marked the last two years after the 2020 parliamentary elections. Although sporadic and insufficiently scientifically based, considerations on this topic offered different thoughts and conclusions. They range […]

The amount of information we are exposed to is staggering: in 2022 we receive 5 times more information than in 1986. Given that our attention span has been reduced to approximately 8 seconds, we bring you in short form the most significant (dis)information in the period behind us. You can read the 10th issue of […]

An evident ambition characterizes China’s foreign policy positioning to become the number one global power, said Milica Pejanović-Đurišić, opening the conference of the Digital Forensic Center. This positioning is based on the idea of China as an economically advanced, culturally and technologically highly developed and internationally respected society said Pejanović Đurišić. She added that China […]

More than half of the citizens believe that the Montenegrin media have political affiliations, according to the DFC public opinion survey, which you can download HERE. The survey of public opinion on the use of media and media literacy in 2022 is a longitudinal study of monitoring the representation of the views of the citizens […]

Disinfo Brief is a new DFC publication that provides a monthly overview of the key disinformation, narratives, and propaganda developments that the DFC team researched and debunked to raise awareness of the issue and its extent. You can read the seventh issue via THIS LINK.

Disinfo Brief is a new DFC publication that provides a monthly overview of the key disinformation, narratives, and propaganda developments that the DFC team researched and debunked to raise awareness of the issue and its extent. You can read the sixth issue via THIS LINK.

The current global crisis after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the importance of Montenegro’s NATO membership but has shed additional light on internal weaknesses that reflect political, national, and social fragmentation and the continued influx of foreign malign influence. There is no doubt that the war in Ukraine has deepened the polarization in Montenegrin […]

As Russian bombs and cruise missiles rocked cities across Ukraine early Thursday morning, another front, that has been prepared for a long time, opened. The Internet itself quickly became a battlefield, with propaganda and disinformation that, as a smokescreen, served to blur the boundaries of reality. A series of suspicious videos and claims, which were […]

Online space has become a key platform for political confrontation in Montenegro. Social networks especially enable political parties and activists to reach a large number of people in a short period of time. In addition to this facilitation, social networks, due to weak regulation, enable technical coordination. Technical coordination refers to the use of specific […]