EU-Western Balkans relations: It’s not that complicated
Authors: Valbona Zeneli and Zoran Nechev*
Whether to place or not the word “enlargement” in the Brdo Declaration of the latest European Union-Western Balkans Summit...
End war now before it’s too late for Ethiopians
All parties involved in the escalating conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray must stop fighting immediately, or else risk pushing the region’s catastrophic humanitarian situation “over...
Ultraconservative triumph puts Pakistan at risk
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan may have averted for now further violence by caving in to demands of a militant, supremacist religious group. But...
Implications of ISIS-Taliban Rivalry for Central Asian Jihad
The Taliban's pragmatic diplomacy and gradual departure from the Jihadi ideology alienate Central Asian jihadists from the Taliban and strengthen its ardent enemy, the...
Fears of Russian Influence Haunt Abkhazia
Geopolitics informs Russian attitude toward Abkhazia. It is both of benefit and curse for Abkhazian elites who aspire to a greater level of maneuverability...
Indian Foreign Policy During Covid-19 Pandemic
ABSTRACT: This article focuses on the shift of India from the notion of “Aatma Nirbhar” (self-reliance) to “Vishwa Nirbhar” (reliant on the world). Proceeding...
The Promise of a Democratic Moldova: How Maia Sandu Financed the Party of Action and Solidarity
Formerly known as Bessarabia and later historically referred to Moldavia, located between the Ukraine and Romania, and accounting for disputed land ever since the...
India is strategically important to Australia
The Indo-Pacific is becoming an important topic in the international power system for various reasons. The strained US-China relations are having an impact in...
Ten years of war in Syria and the current situation: Russia and China
In Syria, after the decade-long and still unfinished war, the energy shortage resulting from the loss of control over the main oil fields in...
Sudan and the UAE: Pulling Sudanese strings
Sudan is the exception to the rule in the United Arab Emirates’ counterrevolutionary playbook.
In contrast to Egypt or Yemen, where it went out of...