The honeymoon is over for Armenia’s popular prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan. In addition to a series of problems at home, he has no choice but to deal with a perennial headache: the three-decades-old conflict with Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which dates back to the last years of the Soviet Union in 1988. […]
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will hold its 19th Heads of State Summit in June. But can it calm tensions between its newest member states India and Pakistan? Two years after its expansion to include India and Pakistan, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) faces a big challenge at its 19th Summit of Heads of State […]
Africa is deeply polarized between political and economic extremes. Some of the clouds on the horizon may prove to have silver linings. The African Union has a key role to play in transforming the region into a continent of opportunity. At the 32nd Summit of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa on 10-11 February, […]
This month’s African Union Summit is poised to probe widespread corruption but a closer look at East Africa also reveals other pressing issues, not least rising political uncertainty, economic instability and violence. With the 31st African Union Summit around the corner, the African Development Bank recently underscored its support for East Africa’s bid for industrialization. […]
The disputes over islands in the East and South China Seas are as much about resources and territories as they are about reaffirming national sentiments. Yet the chances of outright conflict remain slim. China’s assertiveness in the East and South China Seas has been causing alarm from Washington to Tokyo. In the East China Sea, […]
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November 4, 2019 A change of government in Armenia had spurred hopes that there might be a chance to turn the page on the 30 years o… https://t.co/6wHYibRpY7
