The CSTO: With Friends Like the Kremlin, Who Needs Enemies?
Armenia’s snubbing of the latest Moscow-led summit may be the first indication that Russia’s allies are beginning to realize that the glue that binds is past its sell-by date.
Nagorno-Karabakh
Putin’s cynical offer to mediate in the Middle East is a farce
Following the largest Middle East escalation in decades, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered to mediate the Israel-Hamas conflict. “What matters now is to stop the bloodshed,” he said. “Russia...
Op-eds
Russia failed to weaken NATO — but its own security alliance is now falling apart
Vladimir Putin has been candid about his intentions to dismantle NATO and discredit Article 5 of the alliance’s founding treaty, in which members pledge to defend each other from...
Op-eds
Building the Taiwanese ‘porcupine’ an arsenal of shooting quills
The massive military exercises that China launched over the past year in response to the meetings between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. Speakers of the House Nancy...
Op-eds
Time to Stop Disruptive Russian-Serbian Machinations in the Balkans
While most of the West focuses on the war in Ukraine, Moscow and Belgrade are fueling the fires over Kosovo on eve of sensitive historic anniversary.
Op-eds
President Aliyev: “Relations between Azerbaijan and Iran are at the Lowest Level Ever”
From day one of the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Iran has been hostile toward Baku and consistently acted to undermine its security and independence. However, over the last year the ties...
Op-eds
Moscow Proxies Stand for Regional Election in Moldova
Russian efforts to increase its influence within Moldova may take another step forward in a forthcoming regional election.
Op-eds
Time to Expose Putin as an Unreliable Ally
Fresh hostilities broke out between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region last week. As a result, nearly 100 people have been killed in the busiest week of violence in the region since 2020....
Op-eds
Energy in Conflict: The Case of the 2020 Armenia-Azerbaijan War
Excerpt With the rise in frequency of hybrid warfare, combatants in various conflicts are increasingly targeting domestic energy infrastructure and energy supply flows.1 In conventional warfare, militaries...
Op-eds
Engines of Influence
Turkey’s Defense Industry Under Erdogan
Memos
How Loitering Munitions Can Help Counter China
“Suicide drones” are already tapped to fill various roles, but more are needed, and faster.
Op-eds
Collusion or Collision?
Turkey-Russia Relations Under Erdogan and Putin
Monographs
Biden Should Be Wary of Erdogan’s Afghanistan Gambit
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he wants to help the United States secure Afghanistan after the departure of American troops, but one has to question the reliability of an ally who admitted last...
Op-eds
Iran Is More Than Persia
Ethnic Politics in the Islamic Republic
Monographs
The Armenia-Azerbaijan War: Downgrading Iran’s Regional Role
The security architecture emerging in the South Caucasus following the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan led to significant changes for the region’s three main powers: Russia and Turkey gained increased...
Op-eds
The Iran Factor in Talks Between U.S., Azerbaijan, and Armenia
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will host the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia for apparently separate meetings in Washington this Friday to discuss the ongoing fighting between their two countries....
Policy Briefs
Will Iran’s past become prologue for Nagorno-Karabakh?
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is calling for “stability” and an “end” to the current fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan — but should the conflict between its northern neighbors escalate,...
Op-eds
Iran’s Longstanding Cooperation with Armenia
Domestic Azerbaijani Opposition May be Rising
Memos
Boykott
Germany’s Battle Against the Delegitimization of Israel
Monographs
Is Psagot Drinking Alone? Application of the CJEU Psagot Judgement To Other Territories The EU Considers Under Occupation
In the second half of the twentieth century and the early twentyfirst century, a new phenomenon emerged in the international system: territorial conflicts that do not find closure. The establishment of...