On March 1, Georgia’s separatist region of Abkhazia held a second round of presidential elections. The turnout stood at nearly 70 percent, with 100,412 ballots cast. Badra Gunba, the pro-Russian acting president, was declared the winner over Adgur Ardzinba, leader of the opposition, with more than 54 percent of the …

Europe is arguably going through its most challenging geopolitical inflection point in decades. First, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and now US President Donald Trump’s controversial approach to settling the conflict have upended the already fragile European security order that has kept the continent largely at peace for the past 80 …

Iran responded on March 26 to US President Donald Trump’s letter proposing nuclear negotiations.[i] Iran signaled it is open to indirect nuclear negotiations with the United States but rejects direct negotiations under the current conditions. Trump sent a letter to Khamenei on March 5 that proposed negotiations on Iran’s nuclear …