Could Turkish aggression boost peace in Syria?
On
October 7, 2019, the U.S. President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of
American troops from northeast Syria, where the contingent alongside Kurdish
militias controlled the vast...
Future Trends of China’s Diplomacy
This year
2019 marked the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of
China (PRC), and China’s diplomacy has also gone through a journey...
Turkey and the Kurds: What goes around comes around
Turkey, like much of the Middle East, is discovering that what goes
around comes around.
Not only because President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to have
miscalculated the...
Ukraine crisis through the prism of Armenian political discourse
Armenia’s
perplexing decision to side with Russia
on the Crimean and broader Ukrainian crisis - related issues has subjected the
country to public and political backlash in...
Russia-Africa Summit: Welcome to Sochi!
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent warm
greetings to African leaders, business people and participants early
October, signaling that everything is set for the first Russia-Africa Summit...
Africa, no longer the Dark Continent
Ethiopian
PM, Abiy Ahmed was awarded the 2019
Nobel Peace Prize. He is the 12th winner from Africa. The Nobel
Committee stated, that Abiy had been awarded...
The Strategic Stopover: President Xi’s state visit to Nepal
For
starters, a Nepali styled dumpling, “momo” might have reminded President Xi, a
cuisine closer to his taste buds than what Prime Minister Modi offered him...
1.2 trillion rupees on the move: Modi’s greatest piece of purchase yet
Last week, the RBI (Reserve Bank of India)
was taken aback by more than a surprise. Just when it was dealing with the
uncomfortable series of...
Turkey in the Kurdish Rojava
Since the
beginning of clashes in Syria, Turkey has aimed at annexing the left bank of the Euphrates up to
Mossul, a strip of land about...
Has Assad succeeded in overcoming the Syrian crisis?
A series of revolutions swept through the
Arab region. The first torch was from Tunisia when protester Mohamed Bouazizi
burned himself in opposition to the regime...