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

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 345th day, we take a look at the main developments.

• February 3, 2023

The Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary outfit, has become a major player in CAR, largely displacing former colonial power France.

• February 3, 2023

The foreign minister’s trip to Eritrea comes as part of his Africa tour, which took him to South Africa, Angola and Eswatini.

• January 27, 2023

The International Atomic Energy Agency reported explosions near the Ukrainian nuclear power plant occupied by Russian forces.

• January 27, 2023