Following Russia’s annexation of four regions of Ukraine in September last year, Kyiv formally applied for NATO membership. However, despite the ongoing Russian aggression, Ukraine’s membership remains unresolved.

When people such as Vivek Ramaswamy, a candidate for the Republican Party nomination in the 2024 US presidential election, call for decreasing aid to Israel, they are actually sending a message of support to the mullahs in Tehran and their proxies, Hamas and PIJ, as well as the Iran-funded Hezbollah …

For some months now, officials in Washington and other world capitals assumed that diplomatic efforts to reach a deal between the United States and Iran to curb the Islamic Republic’s growing nuclear program would reach a dead end. But after two years of uncertain negotiations, there are signs that the …

Geopolitical rivalries having intensified in recent years between China and India was logically bound to affect the cohesive continuance of the five-member BRICS grouping with no ideological bindings and different strategic perspectives, but only an initial show of economic resurgence as a binding adhesive.. BRICS Summit 2023 held at Johannesburg …

The withdrawal of the US from the Middle East and the increasing involvement of China (and Russia to a lesser degree) have altered the geopolitical landscape of the region and intensified the competition among the major powers. The EU and European countries have adopted a pragmatic approach that concentrates on …

A huge area of southern Kazakhstan depends on the transboundary rivers Chu and Talas originating in the Kyrgyz Republic, and water supply problems in this region are becoming increasingly complex. The operation and maintenance of dams and reservoirs that regulate the flow of these rivers are under Kyrgyz control. This …

While there can be no two views that dialogue is the best way of resolving disputes amicably, there are certain cases that preclude this option, and unfortunately, the issue of Jammu and Kashmir [J&K] happens to be one such example. For the unversed to suggest that India and Pakistan should …

Recent charges laid against people linked to the security services have prompted the former premier Robert Fico to allege, without evidence, the existence of a police coup and who’s allegedly behind it.Former three-time prime minister Robert Fico and his populist Smer party routinely warn that Slovakia’s early election set for …

Talk of a right-wing wave breaking over Europe has become a commonplace of political punditry, but the reality is more nuanced. Is a right-wing, even a far-right wing, wave crashing over Europe? A lot of pundits would have it so. A recent article in Politico, with the trenchant title “Springtime …

Recent days have seen a build-up of military forces in the rural areas of Deir-ez-Zor, according to Baladi News. The official spokesman for the Free Syrian Army, Abdul Razzaq Khader, refuted claims on Wednesday about preparations for a military operation in Deir-ez-Zor. In an interview with Syria TV, Khader stated, …