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Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict: Biting the Hand that Feeds – Or, Armenians Committing National Suicide?

The more I watch the Armenian government and its increasing desire to divorce itself from its traditional protector, Russia, and join the EU and NATO, the more I wonder what possible logic they could be following? I am constantly wondering what the leadership in Yerevan is thinking, and what information they have which is not public. Maybe there is a method to their madness. Armenia wants to give more land to Azerbaijan, with a promise from the US that it will protect it, and that is really delusional…

Henry Kamens

Looming Turkish offensive in Northern Iraq: what will change?

Turkey is planning a massive ground operation in Northern Iraq with the aim of liquidating the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) in Iraq, which it designates as a terrorist organisation. According to Hürriyet, a publication with close ties to the Turkish government, the operation is scheduled for this summer and will be supported by the intelligence services in Baghdad and Erbil, which will also take measures against PKK activity in Sulaymaniye and Sinjar. The operation aims to close off the Turkish-Iraqi border completely…

Vanessa Sevidova

The problem of deepfakes - in South Korea and beyond

On February 23, 2024, with less than two months to go before the parliamentary elections in April, the Republic of Korea’s presidential administration said it would respond strongly to the appearance of a fabricated video on the Internet “featuring” President Yoon Suk-yeol. “We express serious concern over the fact that … certain outlets are labeling the false and fabricated video as a satirical video or reporting on it as if it is okay because it is marked as fake.“…

Konstantin Asmolov

Oman calls for peace

Madi Khalis Maalouf

Central Asia - EU: the semi-closed gates of the "Global Gateway"

Boris Kushhov

India-Africa: the evolution of co-operation - from independence to the present day

Ivan Kopytsev

Saudi Arabia heading towards Normalizing Ties with Israel?

Abbas Hashemite

Turkey abandons oil trade with Russia?..

Alexandr Svaranc

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