Pro-Ukraine citizens clash with authorities in Georgia
Tbilisi, Georgia After one week of fighting, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already caused far-reaching geopolitical consequences, most of which…
Inside a dictator's playground
Armed soldiers guard the barbed-wire compound. Helicopters buzz around the parameter, drifting above families on tandem bicycles. Groups of giggling…
HMS Defender: What's behind the Navy's Russian incident?
Assuming that reports are accurate, the world has just witnessed the most serious escalation between the UK and Russia since the…
Why Lukashenko keeps getting away with it
The diversion of a Ryanair flight bound for Lithuania from Athens and the arrest of passenger Roman Protasevich – an…
What does Belarus's opposition leader want?
There is an assumption that those fighting tyranny must instead want Western-style democracy, that the arc of history bends towards…
A defeated Armenia descends into turmoil
Ever since its disastrous military defeat at the hands of Azerbaijan last year, Armenia has suffered from a wave of…
A fractious America weakens the global order
The countries that formerly composed the Soviet Union states are predominantly divided into three camps: those still strongly affiliated with…
It’s time to expel Turkey from Nato
Even the staunchest Remainer would admit the EU is not currently the happiest ship, sailing in the waters of world…
Russia's conundrum in the Caucasus
For the second time since fighting began on 27 September, a humanitarian ceasefire was agreed between the warring countries of…
The conflict that could spark a war
History repeats itself — but sometimes in reverse. Only a pessimist would have predicted a global pandemic followed by a…
What's behind the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
The outbreak of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the weekend is the latest episode in a saga stretching back to…
Why Navalny may not be a friend of the West
At first glance, Alexei Navalny seems like exactly the sort of man the West would want to sit in the…
