Once Washington’s Closest Caucasus Partner, Georgia To Watch Vance Visit From The Outside
When leaving Tbilisi for the airport, travelers pass along George W Bush Avenue, named after the former US…
Khamenei’s Iran Is A ‘Sinking Ship’ That Must Compromise To Survive
Iran’s clerical rulers resorted to unprecedented brute force to put down weekslong antiestablishment protests that posed the biggest…
NATO Mulls ‘Arctic Sentry’ To Ease US-Denmark Tensions Over Greenland
One potential way to diffuse the current political tension between Denmark and the United States regarding the future…
Belarus Is Jailing Its Citizens For Supporting Ukraine’s Fight Against Russia
IT specialist Ihar Karatkou is in the middle of a five-year sentence at Corrective Colony No. 2, a…
Industry Veterans Sound Alarm As Chinese Vehicles Tighten Grip On Europe’s Auto Market
Two decades into a successful career manufacturing interiors for the world’s leading auto brands, Tomas, a former senior…
Romanian Foreign Minister Says NATO Members To Fill Void Left By Departing US Forces
BUCHAREST — Other NATO members will provide troops to fill the void created by the departure of US…
As Moldova Votes, Widespread Poverty Feeds Anti-Western Narratives
Cristina Crudu looks across her apple trees and laments that her business may soon go bankrupt due to…
Armenians In Uproar After Removal Of Mount Ararat From Passport Stamps
YEREVAN — For centuries, Mount Ararat has been a ubiquitous symbol for Armenians. Its towering peaks appear on…
Released Belarusian Prisoner Dubsky Says He Was Forced To Cut Tattoo Off
Ilya Dubsky doused his arm in acid and then, using scissors, began cutting away the skin on his…
How Protest Musicians Became Icons — And Targets — In Iran’s Women, Life, Freedom Movement
In the tense and transformative days after Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody in September 2022 for allegedly…
Fears Grow For Lukashenko Critic Who Disappeared In Turkey
The disappearance of a former Belarusian diplomat in Turkey last week has sparked fears that Minsk may have…
As Deadline Looms, What Are ‘Snapback’ Sanctions On Iran?
Britain, France, and Germany — the so-called E3 — have warned they will trigger an oft-threatened but never-used…