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Ilham Aliyev azerbaijan iran
Middle East

Neocons wanted an Azeri uprising against Iran. They didn't get it.

So far Azerbaijan is de-escalating, along with other countries in Central Asia, including Turkey. Their interests aren't exactly in line with the DC think tank set.

JF-17 Thunder jet fighter Pakistan
Middle East

How Pakistan is busting the Great Power monopoly on air power

The industry here is showing how emerging states are gaining leverage through the democratization ... of weapons

Vice President JD Vance Azerbaijan Armenia
Washington Politics

VP Vance’s timely TRIPP to the South Caucasus

His meetings in Armenia and Azerbaijan this week marked the highest level visit to the region since Vice President Biden went to Georgia in 2009

Doha Forum 2025
Middle East

'In Trump we trust': Arab states frustrated with stalled Gaza plan

While Israel digs in with a new 'border' in the Strip, foreign leaders at the Doha Forum expressed urgency for a peace force and pessimism over progress

Sudan al-Fashir El Fasher
Africa

Sudan's bloody war is immune to Trump's art of the deal

El Fasher's fall exposes the failure of Washington’s reliance on regional power brokers — many who are directly involved — to end the conflict

Abdel Fattah El Sisi, President of Egypt
Middle East

Egypt stepping out from Israel's shadow? It depends.

President El Sisi has called Jerusalem 'the enemy' and is renewing ties with its other neighbors. But some military and economic bonds are hard to break.