Analysis of current events in Russia, the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
Hurdles And High Hopes On The Way To Kurdistan’s Historic Referendum.
Kozeta Cika contributed to this article Image by Bes-ART After the 25 June elections, Albania is entering a new political stage, with non-coalition governance. In the previous eight years, the Democratic Party, in coalition with the Socialist Movement for Integration, has been in power from 2009-2013, while the Socialist Party…
Trump Ups Pressure On Russia As North Korea Endgame Looms.
Russian Economic Crisis Reflected In Occupied Regions.
Geneva International Discussions The 40th round of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) was held on June 20-21 in Geneva. The GID is a multilateral mediation forum co-chaired by the EU, OSCE and UN. The GID format was designed after the Russo-Georgian War of 2008 to address security and humanitarian…
Kazakhstan Plans Big Changes Away From Its Soviet Past, Mapping Out A New Path For Central Asia.
In the early 1980’s, while serving in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), I was a fire control officer in a HAWK surface to air missile battery. Pretty soon after my basic and professional training the first Lebanese War, known as Operation Peace for Galilee broke out and my unit was…
The Hi-Tech Traditionalist: Merkel And Islam’s Diabolical Plan.