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Addressing Challenges in the Face of the Growing Partnership between Moscow and Beijing

Addressing Challenges in the Face of the Growing Partnership between Moscow and Beijing The War in Ukraine has taught its observers many lessons- perhaps the most important of these is the value of having a network of partners who can be depended on for both political and material aid during difficult times. It goes without saying that Ukranians fighting on the front lines deserve praise for their courage, […]

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The Consequences of Arab Gulf States Normalizing with Iran Should Surprise No One

The Consequences of Arab Gulf States Normalizing with Iran Should Surprise No One

The announcement of the China-brokered Iran-KSA normalization plan triggered pearl-clutching around the globe. Some headlines even implied that Israel’s PM Netanyahu was surprised by the news, even though the negotiations have been ongoing since early in the Biden administration’s tenure. Indeed, there are signs that the Beijing-backed phase of the talks that began in Iraq […]

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Azerbaijan and the Non-Aligned Movement

Azerbaijan and the Non-Aligned Movement

Latvian President Egils Levits recently proclaimed, “Azerbaijan plays a paramount role in the Non-Aligned Movement including 120 member states,” stressing that Azerbaijan has inspired many countries during its chairman of the block of states during a period when the pandemic struck our world.   During its chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement, Azerbaijan has been a strong […]

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The Plight of a Western Azerbaijani Refugee

The Plight of a Western Azerbaijani Refugee

Although many people may not be aware of it today, the majority of Yerevan used to be Azerbaijani Turkish.  In 1897, there were 77,491 Azerbaijani Turks and only 58,148 Armenians in Yerevan Province.  However, after a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign, Yerevan is now majority Armenian and there are not any Azerbaijani Turks left in the […]

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The Costs of Saving Face

The Costs of Saving Face

While there are a lot of conflicting reports on the front lines in Ukraine, it seems as if the need for added military support in Eastern Ukraine is needed now more than ever. The debate on sending European Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine was finally met with a coordinated response to Ukraine by their Western […]

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Brexit Development: The Windsor Framework

Brexit Development: The Windsor Framework

  Standing next to the president of the European Commission in London, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the inauguration of the Windsor Framework on February 27th. The agreement appears to settle the dispute with the European Union over Northern Ireland, which is part of the U.K., while finally giving Brexiteers something to cheer about. […]

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Russia Benefits from the
South Caucasus
Tensions

Russia Benefits from the<br>South Caucasus<br>Tensions

The biggest winner in the ongoing tensions between Yerevan and Baku is Moscow.Since liberating its formerly occupied territories in the Karabakh region in a 44-day warin 2020, Baku has attempted to demarcate its borders, open communications, includinghumanitarian corridors in strategic areas, and to finalize the terms of the peaceagreement with its neighbor. The trilateral peace […]

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Protecting the Skies

Protecting the Skies

While the conflict between Russia and Ukraine spreads and other countries begin to contribute arms and intelligence to the battles, the rationale of defence from threats coming from the air has perplexed many watching global politics in 2023. The muted threats of balloons and the response to these tools of observation seems to be met […]

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The Truth Regarding What is Happening along the Lachin Corridor

The Truth Regarding What is Happening along the Lachin Corridor

Armenian activists in recent days have been creating quite a storm over the fact that Azerbaijani environmental activists are protesting along the Lachin corridor.    According to a recent ANCA Press Release, “Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) was joined by Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair David Valadao (R-CA), House Appropriations Foreign Operations Subcommittee Ranking member Barbara Lee (D-CA), […]

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Wave of Militarization in Wake of Ukraine

Wave of Militarization in Wake of Ukraine

With the war in Ukraine entering its eleventh month on January 24th, it’s clear the conflict is ushering in a new era of international politics. Countries are reassessing their security challenges in a world shaped by great power competition. U.S. security assurances are no longer remedying its ally’s security concerns, with some countries reevaluating their […]

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Liberation in the Shadows

Liberation in the Shadows

In the forests of Ukraine where fighting has been occurring for most of 2022 and likely for years to come, a tradition of resistance took shape during the Second World War. Many of those fighting against the Nazi Occupation of the region during the Second World War were Women, Partisans and Patriots to their communities. […]

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Azerbaijan sues Armenia over the extensive destruction of natural areas in Karabakh

Azerbaijan sues Armenia over the extensive destruction of natural areas in Karabakh

It was recently reported in the Turkish media that Azerbaijan seeks to sue Armenia for violating the Bern Convention and causing “extensive destruction” to the environment during their 30-year occupation of Karabakh in violation of four UN Security Council Resolutions: “Armenia’s widespread deforestation, unsustainable logging and pollution through significant construction and mining in areas that […]

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Recent Developments in the Sino-Indian Border Dispute

Recent Developments in the Sino-Indian Border Dispute

Tensions between China and India are flaring once again over the long-contested border separating the world’s two largest militaries, the latest development of an ongoing dispute dating back over a century. A video circulating on social media captures Indian and Chinese troops engaged in melee combat, attacking one another with clubs and sticks, supposedly in […]

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Watch the Mountains

Watch the Mountains

Watch the Mountains The next year will remain mostly unpredictable as the War with Russia and resulting inflationary pressures create chaos in energy distribution and amplifies poor policy decisions in normally stable economies. The directed focus on Ukraine and the change in the power balance the conflict has surrounding Russia’s borders will likely result in […]

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Why Iran Supports Armenia

Why Iran Supports Armenia

The South Caucasus has historically been the focus of great empires. Since it is located on the border between Europe and Asia, the possession of these territories was the access of the empires to all parts of the Eurasian continent. For this reason, throughout history, the region has been continuously attacked by major powers. Unfortunately, […]

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