A Fire in the Garden: Can We End the Nagorno-Karabakh War?

The conflict has festered for decades. Now it has drawn in Turkey and grown more dangerous.

Amid the world’s profusion of wars, COVID crisis and turbulent U.S. elections, a reader could overlook the century’s worst eruption of bloodshed between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Turkey, Russia seen hampering settlement process in Libya

Turkey and Russia are moving counter the international efforts led by the United States to impose a new political settlement in Libya, which brings the spectre of war to the fore again about a month and a half after the rival parties in the conflict announced a ceasefire following a year and a half of war on the outskirts of Tripoli.

Erdogan’s Plan to Take Over the Palestinian Authority

What we are witnessing is an Arab autocrat (Abbas) seeking the help of a Muslim autocrat (Erdogan) in holding “free and fair” elections. Abbas, it seems, is confident that Erdogan’s observers would rubber-stamp the results of any Palestinian election to ensure that the PA president emerges victorious

Why Russia’s Su-35S Flanker Exceeded Expectations

Here’s What You Need To Remember: As is typically the case with next-generation platforms, the VKS is not concerned with immediate value. Rather, they see the Su-57 as a long-term investment that will incrementally phase out older aircraft to become Russia’s staple air superiority platform over the coming decades. In the meantime, the Su-35S continues to occupy the upper echelons of Russian aerospace design as the VKS’ top air superiority fighter.

How the US is developing hypersonic weapons against Russia?

n recent days, both American politicians and the military have repeatedly announced new US successes in the development of hypersonic weapons. Washington clearly wants to regain leadership in such developments. What are such statements based on, what kind of hypersonic weapons programs are being conducted in the United States today, and what conclusions could Russia draw from what is happening?