No one in British parliament has been more aggressive in inciting ethnic tensions in Kosovo than Alicia Kearns. A closer look at her record reveals intelligence ties and “probably illegal” regime change activities.
by Kit Klarenberg
Part 4 - ‘Global Britain’ creates secret regime change army in Balkans
Most normal business professionals and politicians tout their achievements as publicly as possible. Many even embellish their accomplishments to gain favor with future employers, investors or voters. But not Alicia Kearns.
In October 2011, Kearns registered a company called Public Communications Ltd. The firm, of which she was the sole director, never filed any accounts before its liquidation in January 2014. Typically, British law dictates these listings cannot be deleted under any circumstances, and must remain extant for 20 years after a company’s closure. But the record of the business has been scrubbed from existence – yet another suggestion of an MI6 tie.
In October 2011, Kearns registered a company called Public Communications Ltd. The firm, of which she was the sole director, never filed any accounts before its liquidation in January 2014. Typically, British law dictates these listings cannot be deleted under any circumstances, and must remain extant for 20 years after a company’s closure. But the record of the business has been scrubbed from existence – yet another suggestion of an MI6 tie.
Kearns, or someone close to her, has worked to severely reduce her online footprint elsewhere, too. All Internet Archive captures of her personal website prior to 2020, spanning two-and-a-half years, redirect to a blank page. Meanwhile, her LinkedIn profile was also scrubbed of any reference to her career prior to becoming MP, once she was elected in December 2019.
A local media report published during Kearns’ run for parliament that year nonetheless contains some revealing details, including that she was engaged in “counter disinformation and hybrid warfare interventions” around the globe, particularly in the Western Balkans.
Though the full record of Kearns work in the region remains unknown, the Foreign Office has run a dedicated campaign known as “Global Britain” in the Balkans since 2018. Leaked documents related to the operation reveal it is concerned with insidiously influencing the composition of local governments and legal and regulatory environments to advance London’s interests.
A local media report published during Kearns’ run for parliament that year nonetheless contains some revealing details, including that she was engaged in “counter disinformation and hybrid warfare interventions” around the globe, particularly in the Western Balkans.
Though the full record of Kearns work in the region remains unknown, the Foreign Office has run a dedicated campaign known as “Global Britain” in the Balkans since 2018. Leaked documents related to the operation reveal it is concerned with insidiously influencing the composition of local governments and legal and regulatory environments to advance London’s interests.
This has been achieved by the secret bankrolling of a covert nexus of civil society organizations, NGOs, and media outlets. Much of this work has been conducted under the aegis of “countering disinformation,” with a specific focus on the Russian state news outlets RT and Sputnik. The true purpose of these efforts is candidly spelled out in a leaked document, related to a Global Britain “rule of law” project in the region:
“In contexts where elite incentives are not aligned with our objectives/values…an approach that seeks to hold elite politicians to account might be needed…We can build relationships and alliances with those who share our objectives and values for reform…It is critical that the media have the capacity and freedom to hold political actors to account.”
In other words, London will not tolerate high-level political opposition to its agenda for the Western Balkans, and British intelligence is ready to deploy active measures to neutralize any and all local resistance.
Serbia was the key regional resistor identified by the Foreign Office, due to high levels of public and political antipathy towards Britain. The local population’s resentment related directly to the central role London played in the 78-day-long “humanitarian” bombing campaign by NATO, which hammered Pristina in March 1999. Considered by many Serbs to be the cradle of their civilization, Pristina was wrested from Belgrade’s grasp through the military assault.
It was therefore considered necessary for British intelligence to challenge negative perceptions of London in Belgrade through psychological warfare. This would help secure the permanent divorce of Kosovo from Serbia under the facade of a community bridge-building endeavor.
Dubbed “Strengthening Positive Peace in Kosovo and Serbia,” the operation cost £5 million between 2020 and 2022. Its objective was to increase support for Kosovo’s national government among North Kosovo Serbs, by convincing them to forsake their motherland, and embrace a wider local identity.
“In contexts where elite incentives are not aligned with our objectives/values…an approach that seeks to hold elite politicians to account might be needed…We can build relationships and alliances with those who share our objectives and values for reform…It is critical that the media have the capacity and freedom to hold political actors to account.”
In other words, London will not tolerate high-level political opposition to its agenda for the Western Balkans, and British intelligence is ready to deploy active measures to neutralize any and all local resistance.
Serbia was the key regional resistor identified by the Foreign Office, due to high levels of public and political antipathy towards Britain. The local population’s resentment related directly to the central role London played in the 78-day-long “humanitarian” bombing campaign by NATO, which hammered Pristina in March 1999. Considered by many Serbs to be the cradle of their civilization, Pristina was wrested from Belgrade’s grasp through the military assault.
It was therefore considered necessary for British intelligence to challenge negative perceptions of London in Belgrade through psychological warfare. This would help secure the permanent divorce of Kosovo from Serbia under the facade of a community bridge-building endeavor.
Dubbed “Strengthening Positive Peace in Kosovo and Serbia,” the operation cost £5 million between 2020 and 2022. Its objective was to increase support for Kosovo’s national government among North Kosovo Serbs, by convincing them to forsake their motherland, and embrace a wider local identity.
This was to be achieved by challenging existing “identity-based narratives” and securing “social change at a national level” by promoting “alternative narratives” through “national and regional media outlets and social media influencers.” At all times, Britain’s role in the conspiracy was to be a closely guarded secret. Participating organizations and individuals signed non-disclosure agreements, and were “briefed and instructed” on “how to represent project funding” if asked. Only operatives at the highest levels would have any idea of London’s involvement.
External staff running social media accounts for the project geotagged posts in “the area of the targeted population,” and ensured their activities were “carefully calibrated to ensure growth is perceived as organic, rather than the result of external funding.” They kept constant eye on how the project was locally perceived, working to identify “any association of the project with the UK government.”
Accordingly, a dedicated evacuation plan, including “measures to remove or destroy data, including hard drives,” was drawn up in the event the plan was publicly exposed.
Accordingly, a dedicated evacuation plan, including “measures to remove or destroy data, including hard drives,” was drawn up in the event the plan was publicly exposed.
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