China's diplomatic debut in the Middle East has been impressive. There was no hint that Iran and Saudi Arabia were on the verge of a...
In the aftermath of the Second World War, Europe had to deal with a massive psychological upheaval to make sense of the new world order. The...
Reluctantly, and under pressure from large civil protests, Georgia's parliament has withdrawn a repressive law labelling critical media and NGOs "foreign agents". This withdrawal represents...
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the long-time leader of Turkey's largest opposition party, the CHP, will have the opportunity in two months’ time to end the tradition of...
China will increase its military budget this year again, continuing the trend of significant expenditure on defence that has continued during Xi Jinping's rule. Prior to...
Putin's Achilles' heel is not only in Ukraine. Dynastic and tribal relations in Chechnya can become his second one. On Victory Day, May 9, 2004,...
The five Central Asian countries, formerly part of the USSR, now constitute the first refuge for most of the problems that Russia has faced since...
