The Mediterranean island of Cyprus, already fraught with geopolitical complexities, is once again thrust into the global spotlight due to a recent incident involving Turkish Cypriot forces assaulting United Nations (UN) peacekeepers who attempted to halt unauthorized road construction within the buffer zone that divides the island. This altercation raises …

The military junta that seized power in Niger said it plans to prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and undermining state security, an announcement that came hours after the mutinous officers said they were open to dialogue with West African nations to resolve the regional crisis. If convicted, …

Joshua Keating, a foreign policy analyst, staff writer, and author of the World blog at Slate, and a former writer and editor at Foreign Policy magazine in an article updated on January 2022 wrote that “war over Taiwan would likely involve the largest and most complex amphibious invasion ever mounted. …

On the historic date of August 5, an indelible imprint was etched into the annals of history, forever reshaping the trajectory of a nation and leaving an enduring mark on the global stage. This transformative event stands as a testament to the monumental power of decisions, the weighty ripples of …

Turkey’s economy is in a bad way. In June the budget deficit, seven times higher than a year earlier, reached 219.6 billion lira ($8.37 billion). The forecast for July shows it widening still further. On July 16 Turkey raised the tax on gasoline, adding to the recent two percent increase …

Even as Ukraine’s counteroffensive pushes slowly forward, some observers are calling for the warring sides to negotiate a ceasefire. This would create a de facto demarcation line separating areas held by Ukrainian forces from those under Russian control at the moment the fighting stops. Others argue, however, that a ceasefire …

A resurgence in tensions between the U.S. and Iran in Middle Eastern waters is harkening back to the playbook of clandestine maritime conflicts that has pitted the two countries against each other for more than four decades, according to analysts. Approximately 3,000 Marines and sailors landed in the Middle East …

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank triggered a banking crisis in Europe and America, which stabilized for a period after the acquisition of Credit Suisse. However, following another interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve in July, the situation has shown further signs of deterioration. First, a U.S. regional bank, …

Most analysts have labeled Yevgeny Prigozhin’s attempted rebellion and the Wagner Group mutiny a failure. And in many ways, that’s true. Indeed, Prigozhin and the contingent of Wagner fighters that eschewed signing contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defence have reportedly been exiled to Belarus where Wagner appeared in recent …

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama told Italy’s La Stampa that Kovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti is a fortress and maximalist and that he would have acted differently in his place. Asked if he was worried that a new front would be opened in the Balkans after the war in Ukraine, …