Turkey was the beneficiary of pre-Soviet-era turmoil in the Caucasus, signing the Treaty of Kars of 1923; it continues to benefit also during the realignment of powers in the post-Soviet period. Following the collapse of the Soviet Empire,[...]
The Middle East is aflame and the political world is in an uproar over the third Turkish incursion into Syria under the code name “Peace Spring.” With this current invasion in Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s avowed intention[...]
Armenia presided over the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) supreme summit, which began on October 1 in Yerevan. Much background politics and theatrics were at play. The session took place on the heels of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s[...]
The news that Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev is suffering from poor health and has not made a public appearance in the last two weeks does not bother that country’s citizens too much, because their government apparatus is on[...]
