A showdown is brewing in Kyrgyzstan, one of Central Asia’s most politically unpredictable states. With almost indecent haste in June, parliament authorized a series of investigations into the affairs of former president Almazbek Atambayev. He is implicated in an array...
The nominations for the presidencies of the EU institutions represented a significant setback for French President Emmanuel Macron, but they could be as equally humiliating for German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) candidate for the President of...
Turkey has proceeded with its acquisition of Russian S-400 missiles, despite protests from the United States. Ankara’s decision to source anti-air missiles from Russia raised eyebrows in Washington when the deal was initially announced. Now that deliveries of the $2.5...
(Vinnytsia) Ukraine elected Volodymyr Zelensky president this April in a landslide with over 73 percent of the vote. He is now trying to use that political capital to end the conflict in Ukraine’s east and tighten ties with Europe and...
While announcing the nominations for top jobs in the EU government, president of the European Council Donald Tusk lead with the unanimity of the vote, and the fact they chose two women and two men. ‘A perfect balance,’ he said....
With the first round of Democratic debates over, it has become clear that the party has begun to slide to the left. Whether that’s been by design or by force is up for debate. There is even talk that, for...
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s insistence to go ahead with the controversial S-400 Russian missile deal has sent shockwaves throughout much of the Middle East, Gulf region, and all the way to Washington. Parts of the most sophisticated anti-aircraft and...
Behold his virtues and plaster him in praise, and you’ll likely go far with America’s Donald Trump. Drop a few home truths and less-than-complimentary remarks, however, and you can expect thumb-tapping fury like no other. Just ask the UK’s “wacky”...
On July 7th, 2019, Greek people elected a new prime minister, the leader of the New Democracy Party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Meanwhile, in the eastern Mediterranean, a second Turkish drillship, Yavuz, was sailing towards Cyprus to begin drilling for oil and...
The British Ambassador to the US, Sir Kim Darroch, resigned on Wednesday morning to everyone’s surprise. Theresa May said shortly in Parliament that Sir Kim’s departure was “a matter of deep regret” after the ambassador said it was “impossible” for...