1+ week, 1+ day ago   (392+ words) Under the conditions of power monopoly in Afghanistan, the proposal of ideas such as ‘Southern Turkestan’ can become a platform for foreign intervention, ethnic polarization, and further disintegration of national cohesion. This project could also serve as a tool for…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1352+ words) On September 1, the leaders of some of Eurasia’s most consequential states gathered in Bishkek for the 26th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Council of Heads of State. The Summit That Did Not Need Europe None of this means that a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (61+ words) The Mecca defence pact reveals a strategic divergence that could reshape the Gulf. Riyadh is building security partnerships beyond the Arab world, while Abu Dhabi is pursuing a different model of regional power. The Ally Left Outside Riyadh Looks Beyond…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (314+ words) Iran is “entrenching” itself in Armenia through forging an alternative Eurasian transit corridor and increasing trade turnover to counter American pressure and attempts at isolation, rival projects in the Caucasus, and to bolster Armenia’s sovereignty over its southern regions. Key…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (241+ words) The ongoing war in the Middle East has revealed how the process of globalization has contributed to the weaponization of interdependence. While commentators have spent a lot of time analyzing the belligerents’ power profile, one important matter that has eluded…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (558+ words) Western commentary likes to file these under “South Asian instability,” but a closer look suggests something more structural: both countries were shaped by the same colonial extraction model, and took some catastrophically bad decisions. The Plantation and the Jute Sack…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (278+ words) Poland has spent three decades without a coherent strategy towards Russia — oscillating between treating it as irrelevant and as an existential threat. Turkey has demonstrated the ability to maintain pragmatic ties with Russia while being a NATO member and opposing…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (882+ words) The agreement between Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan responds not only to military threats but also reflects the ambitions, concerns, and rivalries of both signatories and non-signatories. Beneath its formal collective defence language, the pact signals a broader geopolitical contest…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (133+ words) Poland has spent three decades without a coherent strategy towards Russia — oscillating between treating it as irrelevant and as an existential threat. The Window That Was Never Used Entrenching the Reactive Pattern Even when opportunities for pragmatism appeared, Poland did…...