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Since last week, thousands have been demonstrating on the streets of the Armenian capital of Yerevan against Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The Armenian

The focus of the upcoming China-Central Asia Summit summit in Xi'an is the promotion of Beijing's 'Belt and Road Initiative'. But according to analysts, the summit is less about the transit of goods and more about Russia's loss of influence in the region and whether China is ready to take over.

China courts Central Asia as Russias influence wanes

China is renewing its push for massive infrastructure projects in Central Asia as Beijing aims to fill the vacuum left in former Soviet states by Russia,

China is renewing its push for massive infrastructure projects in Central Asia as Beijing aims to fill the vacuum left in former Soviet states by Russia, which is ensnared in a widening net of Western…

The West has worried that China might join the attack on Ukraine. That’s bolstered by China’s claim to have a “limitless” friendship with Russia, and the fact that China parrots Russian prop

"The main question for Beijing is how much it will capitalize on the Russian vanishing act," Geopolitical Intelligence Services said.

Few conflicts in history have been as black and white as Russia’s war on Ukraine. Ukraine must be supported until its territorial integrity is restored. Anything less is to side with the aggressor.  Human rights group Amnesty International was back in the news last week after the New York Times revealed that it had sat […]

Sweden "has a significant chance for innovation because it can rebuild its defense forces within a wider context and perspective while relying heavily on domestic defense companies that the country has not yet tapped to its full benefit," writes analyst Robbin Laird.

Russia’s war has repelled Uzbekistan, creating opportunities for China and Turkey to expand their influence in the Central Asian nation.