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Russian-Moldovan Relations Might Become Much More Difficult to Manage

November 29, 2020

Pro-Western Maia Sandu's victory in the second round of the Moldovan presidential elections last week might make bilateral relations with Russia much more difficult to manage than they were under her …

US Back to ‘Normal’ Imperialism

November 29, 2020

Opinion

The next US administration is taking shape with President-elect Joe Biden naming his picks to top cabinet posts and national security. It heralds a return to "normal" US imperialism and militarism. Th…

Confrontation Versus Trade

November 29, 2020

Opinion

Around the world there is movement to improve levels of trade and to ease formalities in order to make multilateral commerce simpler, less costly and beneficial to all participants. Naturally, individ…

Return of Great Game in Post-Soviet Central Asia

November 28, 2020

Opinion

The recent Issue Brief by the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission entitled The Shanghai Cooperation Organization: A Testbed for Chinese Power Projection takes a close look at the Chinese …

US Walks Away From Another Treaty, Closer to Confrontation with Russia

November 27, 2020

Opinion

The US has signaled a desire to withdraw from yet another agreement created specifically to reduce the likelihood of a military confrontation between the US and NATO versus Russia. The US State Depart…

Caucasus: A Clash of Imperial Dreams

November 27, 2020

Opinion

As the dust settles after the latest fighting in Transcaucasia we may be witnessing the shaping of a bigger disaster involving more parts of the Western Asian arch of instability spanning from the Cas…

Should Armenia’s Pashinyan Be Overthrown or Remain in Power?

November 22, 2020

Opinion

The political future of Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan is uncertain after his country's sudden surrender in the Nagorno-Karabakh War sparked large-scale protests against him, but even though he's t…

Russia’s Red Sea Base in Sudan Is a Recalibration of Its Intra-Ummah Balancing Act

November 21, 2020

Opinion

Russia's draft deal to open up a Red Sea naval base in Sudan amounts to a strategic recalibration of its careful “balancing” act between the GCC and Turkey after moving more closely to the latter foll…