The latest rocket attack against the U.S. troop base in Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital Erbil was another worrying sign that the security and stability that its residents have touted over the years is...
Democracy is in crisis around the world, and nowhere is that more visible than in Central Asia – a region that is facing the rise of the populist authoritarians. For major global and regional...
Access to Covid-19 vaccines in Latin America will be more limited than in other parts of the world, at least initially. According to a report by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), coverage of...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been ruling the Eastern European country since 1994, is trying to find a way to stay in charge for as long as possible. By the end of the year, the...
Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria could become another point of confrontation between Russia and the West. The former Soviet Republic will hold early parliamentary elections on February 24...
Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny hardly poses a serious threat to President Vladimir Putin, but he certainly is a threat to someone powerful in Russia. Although he has been detained at...
Russia keeps pressuring Armenia – Moscow’s nominal ally – to make significant concessions to its archenemy Azerbaijan, months after the two countries ended a 44-day war for control over the...
Marc-André Argentino, Concordia University What is the cost of propaganda, misinformation and conspiracy theories? Democracy and public safety, to name just two things. The United States has...
The new American administration is expected to pressure Russia to return the Kuril Islands to Japan. Moscow has already started deploying modern sophisticated weapons to the region, while Washington...
Authors: Tim Lang, City, University of London; Erik P Millstone, University of Sussex, and Terry Marsden, Cardiff University We were not surprised concerns about food shortages that emerged when...
