The consequences of the NATO summit that concluded Wednesday in Ankara will be determined primarily by two questions: Will Europeans step up to honor their defense-spending commitments and carry more of...
When autocrats seek legitimacy, they often travel in pairs. Such was the case when Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic traveled to Tbilisi in June. While this was the first visit by a Serbian...
Tbilisi’s TV Tower lit up in the colors of the Islamic Republic on Feb. 11 to mark the anniversary of the 1979 revolution that brought Iran’s theocratic rulers to power. The streets...
Tens of thousands rallied in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on October 4-5 to protest local elections in which the country’s increasingly authoritarian ruling party, Georgian Dream, claimed victory....
It's time to sanction the oligarchs that are pulling the country into Russia's orbit.
How Putin is trying to destabilize the rest of Europe by meddling in Moldova, Georgia, and Bosnia.
Ethnic Politics in the Islamic Republic
How a Department of Justice forfeiture complaint may be an opening gambit against Iranian sanctions’ evasion.
Two Iranian truck drivers sat idly in the parking area of the Poti Free Industrial Zone(FIZ), waiting for customs authoriti...
Georgia's president-elect is putting the country in strong danger of losing its hard won democracy.
Billionaire winner Bidzina Ivanishvili owes his wealth to the Putin regime in Moscow.
Emotions are running high as Georgians vote in a watershed parliamentary election.
On March 20, Armenian defense minister Seyran Ohanyan visited Washington, D.C. Talks focused on U.S. defense assistance to the small republic, and regional issues were also discussed, but there i...
On Oct. 14, 2010, two Israeli businessmen sat down to a lavish supra, or feast, in the Georgian Black Sea resort town of Batumi. Rony Fuchs and Ze’ev Frenkiel were there at the behest of Ni...
For many centuries, it was taken for granted that no modern country could move from dictatorship to democracy without considerable violence. The first wave of democratic revolution–the last...
NOW's editorial this morning on the terrorist bombing in Tripoli is worth quoting at length:...
Over the weekend, I was contacted by some good folks who support Georgia, the small country now under attack by Russia. I was asked if I had any ideas on how the Georgians might “mobilize E...
Authored by Andrew Apostolou A year is an unreasonably short span within which to measure progress. Yet, despite the confusion of daily events, the world is a safer place an...