Eurasia

Experts warn that playing on old East-West rivalries may backfire for pro-Russian Socialists in Moldova’s July election. Moldovans face one election in July, but two competing campaign narratives. On the left, the pro-Russian parties are framing the upcoming parliamentary poll in terms of nationalism and Moldova’s geopolitical position, while to …

Tomislav Tomasevic’s imminent victory in Zagreb matches a pattern emerging across Europe – where big cities choose radical mayors – but not ones drawn from the traditional parties of the left. The Croatian state’s founding father, the warrior-politician and nationalist Franjo Tudjman, must be spinning in his grave, which lies …

On March 15, the China’s National Bureau of Statistics released some of the country’s economic data for January and February. In terms of investment, consumption, and industrial production, the figures for the first two months this year all showed double-digit year-on-year growth. It should be emphasized that the first two …

This myth, if it is one, goes back to 1990 — and just over three decades later, it continues to form a central grievance in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s testy narrative about Moscow’s ties with the West. It’s the question of NATO expansion — an unhealed scab that, with Russian-Western …

Just days into the new year, Iran announced that “a couple of hours ago,” it had started enriching uranium to 20 percent—a level that experts say would put it within a six-month sprint of converting its entire nuclear stockpile to bomb-grade material. Tehran’s move Monday raises the pressure on President-elect …

Second, was the Biden administration’s offer to resume negotiations with Iran to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, enabling Iran, in a few years, to have unlimited nuclear weapons — while ignoring Iran’s continual breaches of the deal. The administration also apparently ignored Iran’s harassment of American naval vessels. In …

Germany has banned three associations that are accused of donating to Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday. Police conducted early morning raids at several premises in seven German states, a spokesman for the ministry said on Twitter. “Those who support terror will not be safe in …

The 10th day of Operation Guardian of the Walls began on Wednesday with yet another volley of rockets fired by Hamas at southern Israeli towns. As of noon Wednesday, no injuries were reported. Throughout Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, Israeli fighter jets again conducted widespread air raids against military …

A survey of academics shows early and overwhelming support for the U.S. president, but he will be tested by China, Russia, and national security issues. After nearly four months in office, U.S. President Joe Biden already enjoys strong public approval ratings for his handling of foreign policy. So far, international …

How did diplomacy become so irrelevant to resolving the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict? For 26 years, the Minsk Group of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) worked fruitlessly to bring the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict to a peaceful resolution. Then, in just six weeks, the Second Karabakh War radically altered the …