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News Ukraine updates: NATO urges allies to boost defence spending

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg calls on the alliance’s members to increase their military spending.

  • February 15, 2023
News Russia prepares ‘air fight’ as Ukraine ground war grinds on

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

  • February 15, 2023
News Romania counters Ukraine’s claim over straying Russian missiles

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

  • February 10, 2023
News What can the EU offer to President Zelenskyy?

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

  • February 10, 2023
News Ischinger: Ukraine’s worst case scenario is a long conflict

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

  • February 10, 2023
News Moldovan gov’t quits amid economic turmoil, tension with Russia

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

  • February 10, 2023
News Zelenskyy says some allies ready to send jets as UK hesitates

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

  • February 10, 2023
Publications The Closure of the Lachin Corridor Is in No One's Interest

Benyamin Poghosyan 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
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