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Today’s downing of a Turkish drone should be both a shot across the bow and an inspiration for the future. To stop ethnic cleansing,...
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Today’s downing of a Turkish drone should be both a shot across the bow and an inspiration for the future. To stop ethnic cleansing,...
On the sidelines of last week’s United Nations General Assembly, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Elon Musk. It was not the first meeting of the two...
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev appears to relish embarrassing the State Department. Just weeks after the now-voided ceasefire, Aliyev castigated on live television Andrew Schofer, at the...
Armenia is flipping. In 1920, 1999, and 2020, Washington was asleep at the switch. It must not make the same mistake four times.
Sixteen years ago, the Bush administration considered placing Eritrea on the state sponsor of terrorism list. On its face, the country deserves such status....
Iraq is far wealthier now than in 2003, though far below its potential. Sudani is repaving roads and building highways in a way that...
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Azerbaijan is on a war footing. On Sept. 9, Artsakh, the Kosovo of the Caucasus, an ethnic Armenian republic set on land Soviet leader...
Moving forward to the present, the international community’s unwillingness to demand reparations from Russia and Turkey, two of the most irredentist and aggressive countries...
Certainly, if Putin cronies begin to drop like flies, the image of invincibility surrounding the Russian leader will fade. The strong horse could become...
After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Caucasus became a playground for Russian, Turkish, and Iranian intrigue. Russia sought to regain the influence...