Today, the countries of Europe, North America and their allies are actively imposing sanctions on various spheres of life and activity of Russia. Many researchers and experts in the international relations agreed that this pushes Russia to develop ties not with historically and culturally close European countries, but with the […]
Central Asia
Syria In 2025-2026: A Multifaceted Forecast In A Multiplayer Conflict (I)
The forecast for Syria in the upcoming few years remains complex and uncertain, shaped by an ongoing conflict, geopolitical challenges, and humanitarian challenges. Key factors influencing Syria’s future include the ongoing civil war, the role of international actors, the role of regional actors, reconstruction efforts, war on terror, and the […]
Iran’s President-Elect Has A Refreshing Foreign Policy Vision
The Iranian people voted for him because they wanted a “reformist” who’d gradually change their country’s domestic and foreign policies, knowing that nothing radical can be expected due to the strict system of checks and balances that’s in place to prevent this. Iranian President-Elect Masoud Pezeshkian, who won the snap […]
NATO Summit In Washington: Focusing On Asia
Some of the summit‘s decisions point to the growing interconnections between the alliance and a number of Asian states. Although NATO is formally limited to the Euro-Atlantic region, the tentacles of this aggressive alliance extend to the Middle East, Africa and the Pacific region. The anniversary NATO summit in the […]
Ankara and Damascus: At This Critical Stage, The Reconciliation Is A Must And Not A Choice
It is no secret, the relations between Ankara and Damascus have gradually hit the bottom since the “Arab Spring” reached Syria in 2011. This vivid deterioration in the political relation between the two neighboring countries has been one of its kind since Syria was established as a state in […]
Southern Rimland of Eurasia
Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan represent important and interconnected links of chain in the region If to use the method of combining political geography and geopolitics, it is easy to reveal that the group of countries located north of the Arabian Sea has a number of common features. Part of modern […]
Russia’s Majority-Muslim Regions Are Paving The Way By Temporarily Banning The Niqab
It’s ironic that Russia’s majority-Orthodox Cabinet considers a full ban to be an unconstitutional violation of its citizens’ freedom of religion while at least two of its majority-Muslim regions thus far consider a temporary one to be a prudent security-related measure. Russia’s majority-Muslim regions of Dagestan and Karachay-Cherkessia temporarily banned the niqab on security-related […]
Third Doha Meeting On Afghanistan: The Taliban Is Confidently Moving Towards International Recognition
A high–level international conference on Afghanistan was held in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on June 30 and July 1, 2024. In addition to representatives of the Emirate of Afghanistan, 25 special envoys from different countries and UN officials took part in it. The Russian delegation was headed by the […]
Why The U.S. Is Increasingly Unfit For World Leadership
Andrey Sushentsov, the leading professor at the Russian Foreign Ministry’s MGMO University, and one of Russia’s top geostrategists, headlined on June 28th, “Why the Russia-US conflict will outlast the Ukraine crisis: Moscow must look at Washington as a long-term threat”, and he opened: The desire of the US to dominate […]
Transport Corridors Of Eurasia – Prospects And Problems
The current crisis in relations between the EU member countries and Russia seems to be acquiring a long-term and comprehensive character, and it is not a fact that it can be completed with the end of the special military operation in Ukraine, but most likely will continue in the foreseeable […]
Lebanon This Summer: The Upcoming Hezbollah-Israel War Will End With One Of The Two Scenarios
It is no secret that the current escalation on the Lebanese-Israeli borders is not temporary and has been gradually rising to the level of full-scale confrontation between the two heavily armed powers, Hezbollah and Israel. The losses on both sides have been growing, new types of weapons are being introduced […]
Fractious Arenas: Netanyahu Dissolves The War Cabinet
You could almost sense the smacking of lips, accompanied by the rubbing of hands. The departure of Benny Gantz from the Israeli war cabinet, which had served as a checking forum against the conventional security cabinet, presented a perfect opportunity for those who felt his presence stifling. In these febrile […]
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