Armenians head to the polls on June 7. The election outcome will affect not just domestic governance, but Armenia’s geopolitical orientation going forward, with consequences for the peace process with Azerbaijan and wider stability across the South Caucasus.

Faced with geopolitical setbacks across Eurasia, Moscow is turning to Central Asia - one of the few regions where Russian institutional influence persists in structured form - to solidify its influence amid a shifting global order.

However much Yerevan wants to reorient its foreign policy westward, the practical realities of appeasing Moscow won’t be easily overcome.

Six policies that the US can adopt to curb Iran’s malign influence in a volatile region.

For evidence why the Global South is hesitant to support sanctions against Russia, look no further than the West’s historic inconsistency on human rights.

It’s not choice, but geopolitical imperative that pushes Armenia ever closer to Russia and Iran.

Russian influence is collapsing across Eurasia. Unlike Belarus, Armenia still has time to make a diplomatic pivot and adapt to the emerging order.

With the Ukraine war now dominating Moscow’s attention, longstanding geopolitical certainties are beginning to unravel in Georgia, Moldova, and Armenia.

While Russia is distracted by the Ukraine war, Kazakhstan is quietly carving out some independent room for geopolitical maneuver.

The Assad government has placed a geopolitical bet in its recognition of Russia’s Ukraine proxies, and the stakes couldn’t be higher back in Syria.

What triggered the recent wave of protests and riots in Kazakhstan? And what’s next for the country?

Much like the July Crisis of 1914, Nagorno-Karabakh is a local conflict with continental implications.

The foreign policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan is a textbook example that geography still matters and can, and does, influence a government’s foreign policy.