Search results

Guatemalan-US ties will continue to strengthen

Location:

GUATEMALA/US

Support from Washington helped President Bernardo Arevalo take power in January, resetting relations after a period of strain under former President Alejandro Giammattei…

Sanctions evasion across Central Asia will continue

Location:

CENTRAL ASIA

In early June, the United States sanctioned three entities -- one Kazakh and two Kyrgyz -- for procuring industrial goods and equipment for Russia’s ultimate benefit, violating US…

China’s elderly care sector will grow

Location:

CHINA

The surging growth in the elderly population has increased care needs at a time when economic and social change has put more onus on the state to provide or support care. Although…

Poland will strengthen security amid espionage fears

Location:

POLAND

The event was just one in a succession of similar developments in the country that Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government has blamed on covert Russian and Belarusian operations…

Establishment parties could hold ground in Romania

Location:

ROMANIA

The far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) made significant gains even though it performed slightly worse than opinion polls had predicted. Nonetheless, its rise…

Baku will resist a quick peace deal with Armenia

Location:

ARMENIA

The latest round of talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Geneva on March 22 ended without any concrete progress on negotiations over a bilateral peace agreement. The meeting…

Albanian premier faces tough year ahead of elections

Location:

ALBANIA

The PD has started healing some of the rifts that have divided it for nearly three years. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Edi Rama’s Socialist Party (PS) is favourite to win…

Russia will cooperate more with Afghan Taliban

Location:

AFGHANISTAN

Such a move could pave the way for Russia to recognise the emirate formally. No player currently does so, but a handful of countries including Russia are engaging substantially…

Ukraine peace summit reveals global differences

Location:

UKRAINE

The summit set an agenda for future talks but the absence of Russia and China, as well as reduced representation from the Global South, meant that ambitions for the meeting were…

US Democrats face Gaza protests at national convention

Location:

UNITED STATES

The situation in Gaza and tensions with Iran have made the Middle East a central foreign policy issue in the presidential election. Vice President Kamala Harris is seeking to…