Georgia: Fearing the worst from the Karabakh flare-up
Georgia fears that Nagorno-Kharabakh hostilities could draw in powerful neighbours, Turkey and Russia
Commentary
Why Incitement runs both ways in Israel/Palestine
In working to rein in manifestations of incitement to violence, Europe must not lose sight of the factors that, while never justifying violence, create conditions that are particularly conducive to radicalisation
How the EU learned to love sanctions
It is only recently that the European public has woken up to the use of sanctions in EU foreign policy, but they have been employed since the early 1980s
The new geo-economic game
Countries such as China and Russia are already playing a new geo-economic game, where economic power is leveraged aggressively for national advantage
Turkish-Kurdish race to seize ISIS territory
Turkey has entered open war with ISIS and is attempting to stifle Kurdish gains in norther Syria
Trouble in Nagorno-Karabakh
The risk for miscalculation leading to all-out war is real and cannot be ignored
Changing of the guard: Putin’s law enforcement reforms
From the information available, the National Guard seems an awful lot like an “FSB-2”, but this time it is even more serious and powerful than its predecessor under Cherkesov
Erase and Rewind: Moldova’s Constitutional Reform
The timing and political consequences of the decision to repeal the constitutional amendments seem to confirm suspicions over the independence of the court
Concerted and coordinated: Terrorism in Europe
After Brussels it is clear that Europe faces a concerted terrorist campaign, organised and supported directly from Syria
Germany can afford the populists
Germany is enough of a mature democracy to accommodate a party like AfD