The Turkey-Ukraine alliance is changing the entire geopolitical situation in the Black Sea. Turkey is still trying to impose new conditions on defence and geopolitical sectors that are unfavourable to Russia. The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Turkish Straits (1936) grants Turkey full control of the Straits and guarantees freedom of navigation by
The French National Assembly adopted a resolution supporting the recognition of the Independence of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). The resolution was adopted by 188 votes against to 3. The recognition of the Republic of Artsakh was voted in favour on 25 November 2020 and the French Senate by a vote of 305 in favour
Russia has sent elite troops to the Golan Heights in Syria. The elite Russian Forces will provide an umbrella of protection to Syrian troops in the region while overseeing the border line separating Israel and Syria. Essentially Russia with this move acquires an advanced base next to Israeli territory showing that it is now the
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) which was signed by 15 countries in Asia and the Pacific on November 15th including countries other than China like North Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines (US Asian allies) but does not include U.S. is the world’s newest and biggest regional trade deal. The initial scope of RCEP
When we refer to the Western Balkans as a single geographical entity, we are essentially referring to the six countries that make up it. More specifically, they are Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro, and Northern Macedonia. EU enlargement to the Western Balkans has long been seen as a response to Brexit, in order to strengthen
From Libya to the South Caucasus, geopolitical developments are changing in a climate of deep liquidity that is causing swings in the “winners” and “losers” in the interests they represent. The Geopolitical Axis of South-West and Central Asia The core of the countries that make up this geopolitical axis is based on Islamic nationalism and
Given that current Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is an Islam-nationalist and provides all kinds of support to those states that were part of the Ottoman Empire and more generally to those peoples who speak the Turkish language, an informal alliance is gradually being formed to NATO standards in Southeast Europe, Central Asia and the
Australian Defence Minister Linda Reynolds announced on Tuesday that Australia and the US will invest in technologically advanced defence capabilities that will allow more options to deter aggression wherever it comes from against the country’s interests. Australia in its federal budget has forecast spending of $9.3bn AUS (or $6.8bn (USD)) on high-speed and long-range missile
The deployment of Russian peacekeepers on the Armenian-Azerbaijani front in Nagorno-Karabakh (Republic of Artsakh) restores Russia to the region and transforms both the Republic of Artsakh and Armenia into a new type of depends on Russia. At the same time, the development of the Russian peacekeeping force in the Eastern part of the Republic of
The Azeri army captured the strategically important city of Shusha and the Armenians suffered a crushing defeat, since if there was no ceasefire the Azeri army could occupy the whole of Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). That is why the war in Nagorno-Karabakh officially ended. Russia and Turkey now appear as the region’s only security guarantors
