EU Mission in Armenia: Expanding Mandate Reshapes Regional Dynamics

Kaja Kallas, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, recently proposed extending the mandate of the EU Monitoring Mission in Armenia (EUMA) for an additional two years as its current term nears its end this February. For the EU, the mission has played a pivotal role in monitoring the security situation…

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China’s perception, goals, and foreign policy for Central and Eastern Europe

The Central and Eastern European (CEE) region has been a focal point of China’s foreign policy for the past decade, particularly within the framework of the 16+1 (now 14 after Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia’s withdrawal) initiative. Established in 2012 at the summit in Warsaw presided by the then-Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, the platform was…

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JF-17: a new page in Baku-Islamabad military cooperation

The official website of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan announced that the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) JF-17C Block-III was “integrated into the arsenal of Azerbaijan’s Air Force,” On 25 September 2024. Azerbaijan is currently the third foreign country to purchase this aircraft after Myanmar and Nigeria; some others, including Iraq, are now considering to do the same…

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Ter-Petrosyan’s leaked speech and the change of the entire narrative behind Armenian-Azerbaijani communal conflict

A recently leaked video of former Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosyan has reignited debates over Armenian-Azerbaijani deportations. This footage challenges the widely accepted narrative of “mutual” ethnic cleansing, shifting focus to Armenia’s policies during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The mainstream narrative on Armenian-Azerbaijani “mutual” deportations In the late 1980s, weakening Soviet control fueled violence…

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