Mohamad Fawaz | 13 October 2025
The geopolitical map of the world resembles a vast chessboard where every move reshapes the balance of power. States compete not only through confrontation but also through strategic maneuvers that gradually shift influence, redraw alignments, and open or close the doors to future possibilities. In this grand game, some moves are aimed at “coloring”
Khaled Fouad | 17 February 2023 | AR
The global energy map irreversibly changed with the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the European Union scrambled to find alternative sources to substitute Russian gas.
Muhsen Almustafa | 27 October 2021 | AR
How Reliable are Russian Air Defence Systems? Over the past two years, the various battlefields of Syria, Libya and Armenia were a key stage for Russian weapons and especially Russian air defence systems to [...]
Dimitar Bechev | 28 May 2020 | AR | TR
TurkStream, which has been the lynchpin of Russian-Turkish energy cooperation, is now in operation. With the new gas pipeline, Russia has established an alternative export route to the EU, while Turkey has moved a step closer to becoming an energy power in its neighborhood.
Anton Mardasov | 21 May 2020 | AR | TR
Criticism of Syrian President Bashar Assad published by a number of Russian fringe outlets, and complaints voiced by Assad’s cousin, Syrian tycoon Rami Makhlouf,
Basheer Nafi | 25 April 2020 | TR
It was no surprise that the covid-19 pandemic catalysed major controversy surrounding the future of the modern world, and the institutions and systems underpinning the international order
Alexey Khlebnikov | 24 September 2019 | AR | TR
Egypt arguably numbers among Russia’s strongest allies in the Middle East. Since first seizing power through a coup d’état in 2013, AbdelFateh al-Sisi has regularly been seen in the company of President Vladimir Putin
Mehmet Volkan Kasikci | 14 May 2019 | AR | TR
Human beings frequently turn to historical analogies in their attempts to comprehend contemporary developments. Although usually oversimplifying and misleading, sometimes a historical analogy is the only way to make sense of a new phenomenon.[2] China’s [...]
Harun Karcic | 22 March 2019
Why Bosniak Muslims want to join NATO Freezing cold winters in the Balkans often go hand-in-hand with fiery political debates and war-mongering. Consider this: in December 2016, Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik called (again) [...]
Leonid M. Issaev 
Andrei Zakharov | 12 March 2019 | AR | TR
The end of 2018 was deeply eventful for Syria. Among other developments, in the wake of efforts by Russia, Turkey and Iran, the main guarantors of the negotiation process on Syria
