Kyrgyz president resigns. With protests over the results of Oct. 4 parliamentary elections showing no sign of stopping, Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov announced his decision to resign. The new prime minister, Sadyr Zhaparov, had repeatedly demanded Jeenbekov’s resignation. Russia, the major player in the region, said it would not provide financial support to the Kyrgyz […]
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Xi tightens his grip. New draft rules from the Chinese Communist Party released this week will strengthen President Xi Jinping’s control over the party’s...
Russian President Vladimir Putin described the collapse of the Soviet Union as the greatest geopolitical catastrophe in history. Though it may not be true...
For such a historic transition of power, the handover from Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving and most powerful postwar prime minister, to Yoshihide Suga was...
U.S.-South Korean security cooperation. The U.S. and South Korean defense chiefs spoke Thursday and said nice things about the future of the “ironclad” alliance....
Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh risks drawing in others. Azerbaijani forces are gathering near the Iranian border in preparation for an offensive, according to an Armenian...
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