Criticisms abound concerning the US Lend-Lease program for Ukraine. Some are justified, but others are pure fantasy.
The Qatari monarchy is all too aware that Tehran’s upheaval today could be Doha’s uprising tomorrow, and responds to the Masha Amini protests accordingly.
Though nominally a mercenary organization, there’s a strong case to be made that the Wagner Group should be classified a terrorist outfit.
The risk of the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict spilling its borders and spiraling into a regional war continues to increase.
Iraq’s legacy of sectarian conflict is coming to the fore amid dysfunction and deadlock in Baghdad.
The political cost of decades of placating regime hardliners is now evident in the unrest sweeping Iran’s cities.
Kremlin hardliners are solidifying their position amid a string of military setbacks in Ukraine.
Without accountability, Lebanon will never recover its former position as an economic powerhouse in the region. But decades of sectarian conflict continue to stymie positive reform.
Will the wave of protests centered on the death of Masha Amini have a different outcome than previous nation-wide outbreaks of unrest?
Russia is proving an unreliable ally for Yerevan, creating opportunities for Western governments to make new inroads.