Russian Proposal Reopens Donbas UN Peacekeepers Debate
Himalayan Impasse: How China Would Fight an Indian Border Conflict
Russia Seizes Opportunity to Expand Drone Usage
Ukraine Successfully Places Eurobonds, but May Lose IMF Support
Ukraine has placed 15-year Eurobonds in the amount of $3 billion, President Petro Poroshenko announced on September 18. Poroshenko, who was on a visit to New York at the time for the United Nations General... MORE
Azerbaijan’s Defense Minister Visits Israel, as Bilateral Ties Grow Stronger
Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov paid a visit to Israel, on September 11, to discuss cooperation in the military and military-technical spheres with the host country’s leading defense industry enterprises. While there, he also toured... MORE
Russia Seeks to Rebuild Its International Respectability
Russian President Vladimir Putin opted not to attend this year’s United Nations General Assembly, in New York City; but he nevertheless kept up the pretense of the wise statesman among bickering politicians. Every opening to... MORE
In Effort to Combat Extremism, Tajikistan’s Government Places Further Restrictions on What People Can Wear
In early September, six million mobile phone users in Tajikistan received text messages telling them to “respect traditional clothes” and “make it a tradition to wear traditional clothes.” The messages, sent at the behest of... MORE
Lukashenka and Russian Officials Part Ways During Zapad 2017
The Zapad 2017 military exercise is officially over. Russian tank and airborne (VDV) units are being withdrawn from Belarus as well as Kaliningrad, Leningrad and Pskov oblasts, and moved back to their permanent bases (Militarynews.ru,... MORE
After Raqqa: The Next Jihadist Stronghold in Syria
As the operations against Islamic State (IS) in al-Raqqa and Deir al-Zour remain the focus of attention in Syria, a group known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has quietly and quickly consolidated near-total dominance over... MORE
Jamaat ul Ansar al-Sharia: The New al-Qaeda Threat in Pakistan
Recent months have seen the sudden emergence in Pakistan of an organization calling itself Jamaat ul Ansar al-Sharia Pakistan. The new entity has been reported to be behind a series of five terror attacks in... MORE
Is the Hasm Movement the Future of Militancy in Egypt?
Egypt’s Hasm Movement has released a review of its activities over the course of the first year of its operations. From July 16, 2016 to July 16, 2017, Hasm claims to have killed 27 members... MORE