Uzbekistan is an energy-rich Central Asian nation with large reserves of natural gas, oil and coal. As such, it aims to strengthen its economic, political, and military role in the region. But how...
While France continues to lose influence in its former African colonies, Paris is reportedly aiming to strengthen its economic presence in Serbia. For the European Union’s second largest economy,...
Approximately half of the world's population will have the right to vote throughout 2024. It is the first time that so many people will go to the polls at the same time to elect national, regional or...
“We demonstrated weakness, and the weak get beaten”, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in September 2004 after Chechen terrorists, under the command of Shamil Basayev, occupied a school in...
After successfully eliminating any potential opponents, Russian leader Vladimir Putin won the presidential election with ease. Now that he has secured his sixth term in the Kremlin, the former KGB...
A one-page document submitted by Prime Minister Netanyahu to his cabinet in February provides no answers to the question of when Israel would consider its military objectives in Gaza met. It does,...
Despite relatively tense political relations between the European Union and Azerbaijan, Brussels is aiming to strengthen energy cooperation with Baku. In an attempt to end its dependency on Russian...
Ever since Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive failed to achieve the expected result, Western media and officials have been repeatedly accusing Russia of planning to invade neighboring European...
Azerbaijan and Armenia – two neighboring South Caucasus nations that have fought two major wars over the past 35 years – seem to be on the brink of another large-scale conflict that threatens to...
Kazakhstan, the largest and wealthiest country in Central Asia, is aiming to significantly increase its economic cooperation with the European Union. At the same time, a “contractual framework”...
