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Exploring Cyber-Darkness: How Moscow Undermines the West via the Dark Web

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As Russia's cyberwarfare operations increasingly integrate peripheral and core actors, they form a functional symbiosis that enhances both scale and technical expertise. An effective defense demands a response as dynamic and multifaceted as the threat itself.

Organization of Turkic States: Türkiye’s Window into Central Asia

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Mounting insecurity and conflict are expanding the geopolitical role of the Organization of Turkic States, creating new inroads into Central Asia for Türkiye.

Middle Corridor Looks to Insulate Global Supply Chains from Geopolitical Risk

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Amid mounting geopolitical risk, the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, or ‘Middle Corridor,’ is getting prepared to play a more central role in global trade.

Denied Europe: The Dynamics Fueling Georgia Protests

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The current protest movement represents a crossroads for Georgia, with one path leading toward Brussels and the other Moscow.

Historical Echoes: The Partition of Poland and the South Caucasus

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A parallel can be drawn between the 1939 partition of Poland and the contemporary geopolitics of the South Caucasus. And like the 1939 crisis, the current situation could have profound effects on regional stability and global security.

Assad’s Fall: Another Blow to Iran’s Axis of Resistance

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Tehran’s closest ally has fallen in Syria, leaving Iran without its main foothold in the Arab world.

The Fall of Assad: Syria’s Turning Point and the Path Ahead

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The fall of the Assad regime marks a pivotal moment in Syria’s history, bringing power struggles, regional realignments, and the immense challenge of rebuilding a deeply fractured nation.

The Fall of Damascus: Two Eurasian Powers Passing in the Night

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The fall of Damascus represents a remarkable shift in Eurasian geopolitics, with an ascendant Türkiye putting an abrupt end to a Russian regional project that took decades and hundreds of billions to realize.

Global Risks Overshadow India’s Demographic Dividend

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India may find it harder than China did to cash in on its demographic dividend given the geopolitical, economic, and demographic threats that it currently faces.

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