When the Ukraine war interrupted Beijing’s land route to Europe, Azerbaijan and its neighborhood became a vital alternative pathway, but adversaries may seek to disrupt that. Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Beijing’s northern trade route to Europe has been severely curtailed, making the “Middle Corridor” route that …

They’ve been accused of dismembering enemies with chainsaws, assassinating senior government officials, and trading on ties with intelligence agencies. They’ve smuggled cocaine — tons and tons of it — across the world and now feed a sizable share of Europe’s drug habit. Yet few outsides of law enforcement have heard …

Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess: Putin is copying the propaganda playbook of Serbian war criminals A year ago, Ukrainian soldiers discovered evidence of the Bucha massacre in which Russian forces slaughtered hundreds of Ukrainians in cold blood. Far from owning up to its crimes, Russia has spent the past 12 months trying …