Eurasia Press & News

A self-sustaining cycle of mutual mistrust is beginning to infect bilateral ties, but this was inevitable owing to their contradictory national interests on some sensitive issues and the lack of any pressure valve for responsibly managing this in public like other partners have. Poland is unlikely to back down from …

By dragging down Germany and thus weakening its influence over Central & Eastern Europe simultaneously with empowering Poland’s rise as a Great Power over that same strategic space, the US hopes to play their EuroLiberal and EuroRealist blocs off against one another in order to perpetually divide and rule the …

The West wants to punish Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili for his pragmatic refusal to open up a “second front” in the US’ proxy war on Russia after he publicly exposed this plot in early December while also pledging never to arm Kiev either. The artificially manufactured furor over Georgia’s US-inspired …

What’s good for the goose should be good for the gander if all things were equal, but the fact of the matter is that they aren’t. The US’ concerns about other countries’ FARA-like legislation are insincere and predicated on a guilty conscience. The US’ opposition to the Bosnian Serbs’ proposal …

Turkey’s crackdown on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) following a suicide attack in Ankara has left the US in a difficult position. While Washington has condemned the attack and voiced support for Turkey’s right to defend itself, mass arrests and air strikes in Kurdish areas of Iraq have led to …

By launching a military offensive in Nagorny Karabakh, President Aliyev forfeited the trust of Europeans. Azerbaijan’s status as a transport hub cannot be a reason for the EU to go soft on Baku. The events of the last week are triggering a debate on the need for a deep reset …

The more incidents of violence occur, the less likely Belgrade and Pristina are to compromise. Brussels should increase pressure on both parties to conclude an agreement. Until four days ago, Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vučić was in a comfortable position. In the eyes of the EU and U.S. negotiators involved in …

Despite recent tensions, Poland and Ukraine are destined to cooperate. Common security interests and the proximity of the two societies provide the basis for overcoming the current clash. The last year and a half has been a honeymoon period in Polish-Ukrainian relations. During the most tragic times in Ukraine’s recent …

The three energy companies, which are already operating in another block in Lebanese waters in the Eastern Mediterranean, submitted their tenders for offshore exploration in blocks 8 and 10. Lebanon’s Ministry of Energy and Water announced on Monday that a coalition of international oil giants applied for the second gas …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the removal of Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov on September 3 in what was the biggest change among the country’s political leaders since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion more than eighteen months ago. Reznikov’s departure comes following weeks of speculation over allegations of financial improprieties …