Azerbaijan: “lynchpin” of the Organization of Turkic States?
Founded in 2009, with the signing of the Nakhchivan Agreement, the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States transformed into a full-fledged international organization –...
Liberation of Lachin Recalls Tragic Memories of Local Azerbaijanis
Lachin is a district in the territories of Azerbaijan that remained under the occupation of Armenia from the early 1990s until the end of...
What is behind “Lithuania Fever” in Taiwan and what happens next?
The Taiwanese Representative office in Vilnius officially began operations on November 18, 2021. It was the island's first new diplomatic outpost in Europe for...
Legal and Political Aspects of EU’s Possible Visa Sanctions Against Russian Nationals
Just a few years ago, Russia and the EU were actively engaged in dialog on a visa-free regime. Sadly, visa matters have taken an...
Abkhazia’s Cold Relationship with Central Asia
When violence erupted in Kazakhstan in January of this year, Abkhaz President Aslan Bzhania published a statement where he supported the Kazakh government and...
Forest Fires and Storms Plague Europe
Dry as tinder have been the forests of Portugal and Spain this year. Ditto for those in Bordeaux just a little further north in...
The European Union Policy in the South Caucasus
The European Union appeared on the South Caucasus scene in the early 90s. The EU launched the TACIS (Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of...
Ukraine Doesn’t Matter
“Poor Mexico, so far from God and so close to the United States!,” said former President Porfirio Diaz about Mexico’s uncomfortable relationship with its...
Victor Orban’s eyes may be bigger than his stomach
When Prime Minister Victor Orban recently spelled out his vision of Hungary's frontiers, he joined a club of expansionist leaders such as Russia's Vladimir...
“No longer analyze Asia with European eyes”, says French expert in Bucharest conference
A 2-day academic hybrid conference organized in Bucharest at mid-July by MEPEI (Middle East Economic and Political Institute) and EuroDefense Romania, two Bucharest-based think-tanks,...