Speed bumps on the road to recovery. The European Central Bank released its biannual Financial Stability Review on Wednesday, which laid out some of the potential problems facing the European Union on its road to recovery. Despite being generally optimistic about an economic rebound, it warned of the risk of financial instability due to high […]
Background: Russia historically sees Central Asia as sitting within its sphere of influence, both economically and militarily. The region’s post-Soviet states, however, value their...
Meeting in the works. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke by phone with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday. They discussed North...
Israeli-Palestinian crisis. The Israeli air force said it destroyed at least 500 targets in Gaza and killed Hamas intelligence figures, including the head of...
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, five independent states were formed in Central Asia, the boundaries of which were artificially established...
Russia checks in on Nagorno-Karabakh. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Armenia on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan....
While Russia was grabbing attention with its buildup and withdrawal of military forces along its western border with Ukraine, it was making a different,...
Bypassing China. Australia, India and Japan formally launched a so-called Supply Chain Resilience Initiative, an effort to present a supply chain alternative to China...
Brazil’s top brass quits. The commanders of Brazil’s army, navy and air force collectively resigned over differences with the government’s handling of the pandemic...
U.S. support for Taiwan. The United States is gradually treating Taiwan more and more like an independent country. The Biden administration is reportedly prepping...
The Geopolitics of the American President &