Earlier this week, the U.S. special representative for Iran said Washington would keep putting additional pressure on Iran in the days and weeks ahead. He also said that Iran had reached a moment where it recognized it could not indefinitely withstand such pressure and would have to either sign a new nuclear deal with Washington […]
Meanwhile, in Kyrgyzstan ā¦ As violence continues in the Caucasus, another former Soviet satellite is starting to simmer. Protests broke out in the Kyrgyz...
During the Cold War, the United States opposed the Soviet Union wherever the Soviet Union sought to make inroads. Some interventions were necessary and...
Cambodia accelerates its shift to China. Cambodia has demolished several U.S.-funded facilities at the strategically located Ream Naval Base, Cambodian Defense Minister Gen. Tea...
EU sanctions. Well over a month after agreeing to impose sanctions on Belarusians āresponsible for violence, repression and the falsification of election results,ā EU...
Nationalism is a powerful force in Iran's political consciousness. But in recent centuries, military defeats, external occupations and foreign interference have tempered its citizensā...
Stop fighting. That was the message to Armenia and Azerbaijan on Thursday from the presidents of France, Russia and the United States. Specifically, the...
āNegotiatingā on the battlefield. The latest update from the fighting over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh is that the fighting is ongoing and little...
Turkeyās economy is in dire straits. In September, the Turkish lira fell to a 20-year low as investors withdrew billions from Turkeyās currency bond...
Scorekeeping in Nagorno-Karabakh. On Monday, day two of hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan, losses continued to mount. Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian enclave at the center...