PRISHTINA, KOSOVO – the Center for Security Studies “CENSS” in partnership with the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (KCSS), the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), and Open Society Foundations Western Balkans, convened the Kosovo-Ukraine Security Conference on December 16, 2025. The event served as a critical platform for identifying and countering hybrid threats, presenting new research that reveals striking parallels between Russian tactics used in Ukraine and those currently deployed in the Western Balkans.
Kosovo and Ukraine Share Lessons on Resilience to Malign Foreign Influence and Societal Cohesion
Prishtina, October 19, 2025: Experts from Kosovo and Ukraine met in Prishtina on Tuesday for a Chatham House–style roundtable on how society withstands and builds resilience to the pressures of war, displacement and malign foreign influence. The discussion was jointly by the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies (KCSS) and Ukraine’s Center for Security Studies (CENSS) within the framework of the project “Strengthening Resilience to Russian Hybrid Threats through Regional Cooperation: A Joint Initiative of Non-Governmental Organizations from Ukraine and the Western Balkans,” supported by the Open Society Foundations – Western Balkans. with the support of the Open Society Foundations Western Balkans (OSF-WB). The discussion aimed at strengthening resilience to Russian hybrid tactics, disinformation.