The issue of relations with Russia and the European Union is firmly back at the heart of electoral politics in Moldova. While there is a long list of candidates in Moldova’s October presidential election, there are no serious challengers to the incumbent president, Maia Sandu. Most of the pro-EU Sandu’s …

Moscow’s approach to Moldova is to play for time and keep the country in geopolitical limbo by stoking internal divisions, stalling reforms, and fueling disenchantment with the pro-European course. An old Moldovan joke goes that the best sight to visit in Moldova is Odesa: a legendary Ukrainian port city on …

A Jordanian population sympathetic to Iran’s ambitions, coupled with the country’s long border with Israel, could turn Jordan into a potential launching pad for attacks against Israel. Jordanians marched in the capital of Amman last week, holding aloft portraits of the late secretary general of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah. The streets …