The current war in Iran is opening up questions regarding the various peoples that live in the country. One of the largest minorities present are South Azerbaijanis, who have a long history of ...

Numerous commentators continue to believe that some sort of Ukrainian defeat is inevitable. This is largely the result of calculations that privilege Russia as the larger side in its invasion. Despite ...

A year of shuttle diplomacy by the Trump administration has brought no breakthrough in achieving peace in Ukraine.

The Albanian capital is undergoing (and suffering) extremely rapid urban transformation, involving major players in ...

The ongoing saga relating to corruption in Bulgaria has taken a new turn with the resignation of President Rumen Radev. The long-term critic of the political establishment has now decided to enter ...

Europe has the strength to counter a weakened Russia - if it can unite and act decisively. The greater obstacle is America’s self-perceived decline, as it undermines alliances and ignores ...

The re-entry of Siarhei Tsikhanouski into the Belarusian political scene has revealed fault lines within the opposition movement. His symbolic role, carefully maintained by his wife Sviatlana and the ...

While the world’s gaze is fixed on Donald Trump and if he can broker peace in Ukraine, Moscow is quietly launching a far bigger game. As Washington obsesses over Beijing, Russia is weaving together ...

Russia is adeptly exploiting the US-China rivalry and anti-China policies to reposition itself as a central force in Eurasia and the emerging multipolar world. Its ambitious integration of rivers, ...

Thirty-five years after Germany's reunification, Brandenburg – the rural state surrounding Berlin – shows both promise and peril. Economic modernization has not prevented social fragmentation.

On Christmas 1962, three wagons of potash were brought to the Herleshausen border to meet their equivalent: 20 adults and 20 children awaiting freedom in West Germany. Wolfgang Vogel would eventually ...