The European Union is facing a strategic problem. It wants influence beyond its borders, but enlargement has become slower, harder and more politically contested. The South Caucasus may be one of the first places where Europe learns how to manage that contradiction.
Nearly twenty years after Condoleezza Rice spoke of the “birth pangs of a new Middle East”, the old regional order is fading but no clear replacement has emerged. Instead, a more complex and multipolar landscape is taking shape, raising a critical question: who will help shape what comes next?
Poland has built much of its wartime image on one claim: it is Ukraine’s closest friend in Europe. There is truth in that claim.
Veteran business leader, diplomat and board adviser, Mehmet Öğütçü, reflects on more than four decades of hiring and leadership experience, offering practical advice to graduates and young professionals navigating an increasingly competitive labour market.
Germany's failure to secure a United Nations Security Council seat has exposed growing questions about its diplomatic influence and moral authority, highlighting the challenges facing Chancellor Friedrich Merz as he seeks to redefine Berlin's role in an increasingly fragmented world.
Azerbaijan presents a striking paradox. Although rich in oil and gas, it faces serious levels of water stress. Hydrocarbon reserves have allowed the country to provide energy security, build national wealth and export to major markets across Europe.
Armenia has every right to choose Europe. But Europe’s support for Armenia’s direction should not become automatic approval of its political process.
For decades, the factory taught the battlefield. Ukraine is now reversing the lesson.
For decades, Central Asia has stood on the front line of a climate emergency that much of the world is only beginning to understand. Stand at the edge of a glacier in the Tien Shan today and the crisis is no longer abstract.
Armenia has every right to choose Europe. But Europe’s support for Armenia’s direction should not become automatic approval of its political process.
ASEAN and European Union (EU) officials gathered in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam to attend the 25th ASEAN-European Union Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) from 27 to 28 April.
Hungarians put an end to the sixteen years of Viktor Orbán’s premiership on the night of 12 April when Fidesz - Orbán’s party - witnessed its largest and most bitter defeat in all of its history. In a matter of hours, 155 of the Hungarian parliament’s seats went to Tisza, Magyar’s party.
In a region where borders have long been drawn in blood rather than ink, even the act of sitting across the table carries strategic weight. The latest border talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan may appear procedural, but they carry profound geopolitical significance.
The European Commission approved the deployment of a new mission to Armenia on 21 April that would share European experience in handling hybrid threats.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing another Ebola outbreak nearly five decades after the virus was first identified near the Ebola River in 1976.
The era of uncontested Russian dominance in the South Caucasus appears to be weakening.
Burkina Faso’s gold has become more than an export commodity. It has become a political test of sovereignty, state capacity and economic survival.
Armenia’s military parade on 28 May 2026 carried significance beyond military affairs. It was not only a display of newly acquired hardware. It also raised important questions about the peace process taking shape in the South Caucasus.
For much of the post-Soviet era, Russia and Kazakhstan have maintained one of Eurasia’s most stable bilateral relationships. Deep economic ties, shared history and strategic geography continue to bind the two neighbours together, but Astana is increasingly pursuing a more independent path.
Energy debates usually follow a familiar script. Markets, climate, renewables, oil, gas, batteries, hydrogen, critical minerals and geopolitics dominate the conversation. One of the world's largest energy consumers is often left outside that frame: the military.
A drainage ditch is rarely the beginning of an economic story. In Nanshan Village, on the outskirts of Beijing, it became exactly that.
The deadly fire at Utumishi Girls Academy has exposed a hard truth: despite decades of warnings, many African boarding schools still leave children vulnerable to preventable disasters.
The end of Viktor Orbán's sixteen-year dominance of Hungarian politics has triggered a familiar reaction across much of Europe.
There is a number that has haunted American fiscal policy for the better part of two decades, and this week it returned.
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