OSCE’s Involvement in Conflict Resolution Across the Post-Soviet Space
On December 2–3, 2021, a meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council was held. Amid the unrelenting crisis in the Russia-West relations, any events that...
The Chinese grand strategy: an overview of the causes and consequences of the Belt and Road
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a grand development plan adopted in 2013 by the People's Republic of China (PRC). It involves over...
How can Iran be assured of the commitment of future US administrations to the nuclear deal?
In the final days of 2021, the eighth round of Vienna talks have been begun. Earlier, Ali Bagheri, Iran's chief negotiator, traveled to Moscow,...
Relations between China and the United States: Seeking Coexistence amid Competition
The Biden administration has been in power for about a year, yet Sino-US ties have not improved appreciably. Despite the fact that the two...
Escalation in Yemen ‘worst in years’
The Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, said on Tuesday that a recent military escalation in the country is “among the worst”...
The triumph of Boric in Chile and the opportunity for a new regionalism
The triumph of Boric in Chile is not only a political and geopolitical earthquake in fact is a triumph with high symbolic content in...
A Country Unprepared for Elections
On December 24, 202, the day marking the 70th anniversary of Libya’s independence, national elections were to be held in the country. During the...
Xi Jinping’s Pursuit of Dictatorial rule through Digital Totalitarianism
In the age of rapid technological advancement, as the news outlets in China increasingly goes digital, and as television goes mobile, the digital ecosystem...
What awaits the Armenia-Azerbaijan relations in 2022?
Notwithstanding occasional flare-ups and infrequent deadly clashes, the past year marked a remarkably peaceful and promising period in the post-Soviet history of the Armenia-Azerbaijan...
Avoiding Nuclear War in the “State of Nature”: America’s Responsibility
“So the nature of war consists not in actual fighting, but in the known disposition thereto, during all the time there is no assurance...