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About Edin Omanovic

Edin Omanovic is Head of the State Surveillance Programme at Privacy International. He was previously a researcher at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and holds an MA (Hons) in Politics from the University of Glasgow.

Articles by Edin Omanovic

This week’s front page editor

Francesc Badia i Dalmases is Editor and Director of democraciaAbierta.

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

In this age of populism, it’s not ‘Cyber’ that’s being Balkanised – it’s people

Edin Omanovic 26 April 2018

The Balkans, already facing charges of bringing the world the First World War and the term ‘ethnic cleansing’, are now being blamed with a new offence: ‘Cyber-Balkanisation’.

Big Brother is about to be joined by his Crazy Cousin. The time for trust is over.

Edin Omanovic 25 November 2016

Whatever happens over the next few years, if there is to be a storm, then it is best to prepare. It is essential that western liberal democratic societies are resilient enough to uphold their fundamental values.

Behind the rise of the private surveillance industry in Central Asia

Edin Omanovic 15 January 2015

Multinational companies–including two listed on the NASDAQ–have been quietly providing Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan with increasingly sophisticated surveillance technology to aid state repression.