NATO’s new spending plan expected to be adopted this week will expose just how creative some of the alliance’s members have been with their accounting. That’s because some reluctant military spenders in NATO have used an expansive definition when tallying their defence spending for the current 2% of GDP target, …

Donald Trump’s re-election as U.S. President in 2024 sparked wide discussions regarding possible shifts in Washington’s foreign policy. It is worth noting that the three South Caucasus countries – Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia – each have distinct expectations from the new administration. During Trump’s first term (2017-2021), the South Caucasus …

It looked at first as though the Middle East war was about to kick into a new gear. On Monday, fewer than 36 hours after the U.S. bombed three Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities, Iran shot about 14 ballistic missiles at the Al Udeid military base north of Doha, Qatar—an American …