Former ECB chief Mario Draghi calls for EU to coordinate industrial policy and make more rapid decisions.

• September 9, 2024

Tech founder says French authorities are putting innovation at risk in first public comments since his detention.

• September 6, 2024

Oleksandr Syrskii admits Pokrovsk situation ‘most problematic’ but insists Kursk offensive having intended effect.

• September 6, 2024

Ukrainian president seeks to rally more support at meeting of key backers as the United States pledges an additional $250m in aid.

• September 6, 2024

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

The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war and the onset of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022 have dramatically disrupted the status quo in the South Caucasus, thrusting the region into the center of regional and global power rivalries. To varying degrees, Russia, the United States, the European Union, Turkey, Iran, Israel, France, India, China, and Pakistan are involved in the South Caucasus, creating a complex nexus of overlapping and diverging interests shaping the region’s geopolitical present and future. In recent years, the United States and the European Union have increased their presence in the South Caucasus. However, potential change in leadership in Washington and the shifting priorities in the forthcoming EU legislative cycle could significantly alter their engagement in the region. The Biden Administration has pursued active engagement in the South Caucasus. The United States has been one of the main mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan negotiations, organizing several meetings between Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in Washington from 2022-2024 and the meeting between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President Ilham Aliyev in February 2023 in Munich. READ MORE

• September 6, 2024

Ukraine is pushing its Western allies for additional air defences and to use weapons to attack targets in Russia.

• August 30, 2024

Josep Borrell urges 27 member states to back measures against those accused of fomenting ‘hatred’ towards Palestinians.

• August 30, 2024

French leader denies inviting tech founder to France or having prior knowledge of his visit.

• August 30, 2024