Iran’s goal is to modernize its transport infrastructure using Russian money, and Moscow has little choice but to foot the bill.The North–South Corridor, a planned railway route that will connect Russia to the Indian Ocean via Iran, is gaining relevance as a means for Moscow to move goods around freely. …

All the actors supporting Ukraine need to work together now to establish a Euro-Atlantic strategy. Waiting for the war to end is not an option. The expected Ukrainian counteroffensive is underway. How it will unfold, how long it will last, and how much of the occupied territory Kyiv will be …

A new wave of arrests in Uzbekistan have centered on religious lectures, songs, and social media posts, calling up memories of the not-so-distant Karimov era. On May 31, a 57-year-old woman from Navai region was sentenced to three years of restricted freedom for liking a social media post in 2018, …