It’s the hint of “irrelevance” that’s weakened Putin, weakened Biden, and the mullahs of Iran. It’s the risk to Macron in the midst of political turmoil in France, and the soon-to-come doom of Scholz in Germany. It can happen here, the question is – to whom?
By working together, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the international community can build a future of shared prosperity, stability, and regional integration.
Talk of building a global alliance of democracies will fall flat if we visibly neglect smaller, more difficult and less fashionable causes.
Since at least 2008, he has been striving to ‘Make Russia Great Again’ through the old Tsarist gambit of ‘strategic depth.’
It is trying to find ways to get away with violating its obligations. Not exactly in line with the image it attempts to paint of itself in the Brexit context.
As events in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia show, the edifice that Putin has painstakingly put in place is now in the greatest of danger.
Tensions have been building for the best part of a year, serious skirmishes broke out in June – and America is nowhere to be seen.
The Conservatives are the natural political home for those who value national identity and are open to the world.
Unless either the UK or the EU want a trade war, its most likely consequence would be making use of a mass of small deals to achieve sizeable gains.
The banning of journalists from the European Games by the latter is a reminder of the question’s pertinence.
The realignment of many of those countries once locked in Russia’s orbit signals something deeper than wartime assistance. It reflects a structural shift in the region: Russia is losing its grip, and the post-Soviet space is being redrawn by emerging middle powers.