Farzad Ramezani Bonesh The Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources announced that a one-year Turkey-Nakhchivan gas pipeline will be built in accordance with agreements reached last year between the two countries’ leaders. The Turkey-Nakhchivan gas transmission pipeline from the Igdir region of Turkey lasts 85 km and …

Giancarlo Elia Valori According to the data from the “Syrian Observatory for Human Rights” (a non-governmental organization based in London), in 2020 – after ten years of civil war – “only” 6,800 people were killed in Syria, the lowest figure since 2011. In this long and bloody decade …

 James M. Dorsey Hosting major sports tournaments can confer prestige on a country, but in the case of Egypt, the 2021 Handball World Championship will do little to repair its relations with the US, Italy and states in the Gulf, argues James M. Dorsey in this analysis. Egyptian …

Arshad Khan  The unthinkable and improbable became possible and very quickly changed to reality as crowds of Trump supporters, outnumbering the Capitol police and instigated by the president himself in a speech a short while earlier, stormed the Capitol and took over parts of the building. Photos of these MAGA …

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has underlined the critical role of the Security Council in addressing links between fragility and conflict, two of the greatest obstacles to achieving sustainable development across the world. Mr. Guterres was speaking on Wednesday during a high-level virtual debate of the Council to examine …

Even on the end note, the year contains surprises enough to deem it as a year of instability and chaos given every nook and cranny around the globe is riddled with a new crisis every day. Latest down in the tally is the country of Belarus that has …

Shehab Al Makahleh Every year, futurologists and astrologers try to predict the future of economic and political incidents worldwide. Their prophecies or those of geopoliticians are based mainly on historical analogies, which are catchy to readers, listeners and viewers. Many think tanks issue such prognosis which are adopted …

Giancarlo Elia Valori The end-of-year agreement between the European Union and China opens up new geopolitics scenarios The year that has just started does not seem destined to be more peaceful than the one that has just ended. While the world continues to be afflicted by the Covid-19 …

By David N. Cicilline One of the authors of the impeachment article against President Trump makes his case. Mr. Cicilline is a U.S. representative and a member of the House Judiciary Committee. Since his resounding defeat in the presidential election in November, Donald Trump has done everything but concede to …