NATO officials push for quick procurement of air defences for Ukraine as Russia eyes the skies for battlefield edge.

• February 15, 2023

While Moldova confirmed a Ukrainian claim that Russian missiles violated its airspace, Romania issues a firm denial.

• February 10, 2023

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking further European support as the war enters its second year.

• February 10, 2023

Leading European diplomat on the Ukraine war, weaponry and Germany’s place on the world stage after battle tanks saga.

• February 10, 2023

Moldova’s president named former minister Dorin Recean as prime minister-designate after Natalia Gavrilita’s resignation.

• February 10, 2023

Volodymyr Zelenskyy wraps up whistle-stop wartime trip aimed at securing additional arms from the West.

• February 10, 2023

By Benyamin POGHOSYAN, PhD, Chairman, Center for Political and Economic Strategic Studies

Azerbaijan has closed the Lachin corridor since December 12, 2022. There are different interpretations of why Azerbaijan did it, and why Baku continues the blockade despite calls from the international community to change its course. Azerbaijan, Armenia, Russia, and the West, in one way or another, all suffer from the blockade. Ultimately, it is up to the Azerbaijani leadership to decide to re-open the road.
Azerbaijan has closed the Lachin corridor since December 12, 2022. Azerbaijani official rhetoric rejects the very existence of a blockade, sometimes claiming that the road is open for humanitarian cargo, and sometimes saying that it was the Russian troops that closed the corridor. The official line from Azerbaijan is the narrative that those blocking the corridor are "independent eco-activists exercising their civil rights to protest." However, the situation is apparent to anyone with a basic understanding of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict – Azerbaijan imposed a blockade on the self-proclaimed Nagorno Karabakh Republic. READ MORE

• February 9, 2023

Aleksandar Vucic says it is of ‘vital interest’ for Serbia to continue on a path to the European Union but reiterated it will not join NATO.

• February 3, 2023