Melik Kaylan

Before he left for the private sector, Alamjanov was accused by Russian commentators of pushing a Western agenda: free speech, transparency, independent media.

Russia keeps the occupied territory, for now, while Ukraine gets to join Nato. But it won't work that way. Moscow has a different endgame: look at Georgia and Armenia.

The US accepted control over Lebanon by anti-Western rivals - Syria/Iran - in exchange for Mideastern stability. Times have changed. Israel should aim for lasting peace.

This time around the outcome may not favor Syria, Iran, and Russia in the region

The Russian regime understands all too well why culture is yet another front in wartime, which is why they deny Ukrainian culture. Friends of Ukraine are fighting back

The invasions of Ukraine began with the invasion of Georgia. In the upcoming elections, control of Tbilisi will determine who wins the Cold War.

Brutality against the enemy and its own people has worked for the Kremlin but now it's a race against time

Putin’s offer of restoring China’s direct access to the Pacific for the first time in over a century threatens Japan and West’s allies in the region

Russia and Iran will use the conflict in a global disinformation war to divide the world against the West and destabilize elections

The exit from Africa by Western banks leaves behind a dangerous void often filled by corruption and bad governance

The death of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and in a helicopter crash recently has spurred all manner of excitable speculation.

The old days of funding radical Islam by the Gulf and Saudi are gone. Now it’s all about tourism, culture, fashion and glamor. And Cristiano Ronaldo

The hidden competition between east and west over quantum computing heats up. Commercial high-tech ventures with our rivals need scrutiny.

Putin’s obsession with history reflects Russia’s obsession with past greatness. It justifies repression at home and war abroad.

With official aid constantly in peril, Ukraine must safeguard foreign investment

The US must make Iran’s leadership feel a palpable threat to their power at home and abroad

Attritional war will drain Moscow and its global allies over time: North Korea, Iran, Hamas, and useful idiots in the West. But at what cost to Ukraine?

The intelligence backchannel from Moscow dried up because Iran insisted - in return for Shahed drones over Ukraine. Putin had to agree but didn’t tell Israel.

Moscow’s imperial divide-and-rule ethos includes provoking minorities within Western countries: Armenians, Arabs, Jews, Muslims, Christians.

The Turkic Bloc dreams of forging a new artery from Central Asia through Azerbaijan to Turkey. Karabakh was a major road-block.