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Brussels and Baku Are Talking Again: What Next?

Azerbaijan’s relations with the EU appear to be going from strength to strength after several years in the deep freeze following the military escalation in Karabakh in 2023 and Azerbaijan’s bitter fallout with France and several other EU member states. In March, European Council President António Costa traveled to Baku …

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Iran War Puts Saudi Arabia at Odds With Growing Israel-UAE Axis

As Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reportedly become increasingly involved in the war launched by the United States and Israel against Iran, the conflict is straining the cohesion of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and accelerating a shift in the lines of the region’s geopolitical sands. While …

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Putin’s Beijing Stopover and the Alliance Trump Couldn’t Crack

The back-to-back summits in Beijing revealed not only China’s growing diplomatic confidence but also the emergence of a deeper Sino-Russian axis that increasingly challenges the foundations of the US-led global order. Donald Trump flew home from Beijing with Boeing orders and a framework label. Forty-eight hours later, Vladimir Putin touched …

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