Eurasia Press & News

The Syrian Petroleum Company began loading the first Iraqi fuel oil shipments on Wednesday, April 15, at Baniyas oil terminal, ahead of their export via the designated tanker. Enab Baladi’s correspondent in Tartus, western Syria, said the cargo was being loaded onto the tanker ASAHI PRINCESS, with a volume of …

Turkey seeks to position itself as a key peacemaker and regional hub in the South Caucasus. To achieve this, Ankara should move beyond nationalist rhetoric toward a more pragmatic, strategic approach rooted in the international legal order. Armenia-Azerbaijan-Turkey relations resemble the proverbial Gordian knot—the famous tangled rope in an ancient …

Over the past two decades, regional collaboration in the South Caucasus has intensified. Turkey and the EU should establish a cooperation framework to accelerate economic development and diversification. Russia’s declining influence in the South Caucasus since the start of the war in Ukraine has opened a window of opportunity to …

The EU lacks leadership and strategic planning in the South Caucasus, while the United States is leading the charge. To secure its geopolitical interests, Brussels must invest in new connectivity for the region. To promote the planned new Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) across the South Caucasus, …

The U.S.-sponsored TRIPP deal is driving the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process forward. But foreign and domestic hurdles remain before connectivity and economic interdependence can open up the South Caucasus. For more than three decades, the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict has exerted human, economic, and political tolls on both countries. In 2026, thanks to …

Defenders of democracy often split over perceptions, methods, urgency levels, and priorities. Democratic backsliding, the gradual and piecemeal erosion of democracy under elected governments, is the primary challenge to the quality and even the survival of liberal democracy in the twenty-first century. Our research shows that of the twenty-five countries …

La résilience du Hezbollah expose les excès & l’épuisement stratégique d’Israël. Sa guerre révèle un schéma récurrent d’erreurs d’appréciation, où l’escalade militaire ne profite plus à Tel-Aviv. Le 8 avril, l’entité sioniste a porté des coups terribles au cœur de Beyrouth, larguant des bombes d’une tonne sur des zones résidentielles …

The countries that prevail in great-power rivalries are those that adapt. Athens and Sparta and their allies constantly innovated so their navies could outperform one another. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union spent nearly two decades engaged in a space race. Now, technology is the …

At least nine religious sites were demolished in Israeli-controlled explosions in the border villages of southern Lebanon. On April 13, in an air strike on the village of Chamaa in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon, Israel completely razed the Shrine of Prophet Shamoun al-Safa. The strike was executed with …

The Vatican just declared a global emergency. Tucker Carlson called the President the Antichrist. A historian who infiltrated a UN-connected mystery school explains what you are watching unfold. According to the oldest surviving mythology on earth, kings did not rule alone. Each one had a demon assigned to him. The …