All rights reserved.
© 2017-2025
Caucasus
Georgia’s ruling party seeks to ban three main opposition groups, triggering outcry in Europe
TBILISI (Realist English). Georgia’s ruling party Georgian Dream has filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court seeking to ban three...
Read morePolice raid homes of former Georgian PM Garibashvili and top security officials amid corruption and opposition-collusion probe
TBILISI (Realist English). Georgian law enforcement agencies carried out a series of coordinated raids at the homes of former Prime...
Read moreAzerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey pledge to boost competitiveness of Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway
TBILISI (Realist English). Railway officials from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey have agreed on joint steps to enhance the competitiveness of...
Read moreMoscow signals readiness for dialogue on ‘Trump Road’ and regional security in Armenia
YEREVAN (Realist English). Russia’s ambassador to Armenia, Sergey Kopyrkin, said Moscow remains committed to regional stability and close cooperation with...
Read moreGeorgia to boycott EU foreign ministers’ meeting in Luxembourg
TBILISI (Realist English). Georgia will not participate in the upcoming European Union foreign ministers’ meeting on connectivity, scheduled for October...
Read moreYerevan backs new international cargo corridor linking Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Armenia
YEREVAN (Realist English). Armenia has endorsed a project to establish an international transport corridor for cargo shipments along the route...
Read moreAzerbaijan to raise military spending share in 2026 budget
BAKU (Realist English). Azerbaijan plans to increase the share of military spending in its 2026 state budget to 21%, according...
Read moreArmenian spy chief: External war threats low, internal risks to democracy remain high
YEREVAN (Realist English). Armenia’s foreign intelligence chief, Kristina Grigoryan, said on Tuesday that security and military threats facing the country...
Read moreFormer Georgian defense minister faces pre-trial detention on corruption charges
TBILISI (Realist English). A Tbilisi city court has ordered pre-trial detention for former Georgian defense minister Juansher Burchuladze, who was...
Read more“Baku’s expansionist policy continues”: Sergey Mardan on “Western Azerbaijan”
MOSCOW (Realist English). Journalist Sergey Mardan has warned that recent statements by the Baku mini-sultanate about so-called “Western Azerbaijan” underscore...
Read more
US and China strike cautious tone at Munich Security Conference
MUNICH (Realist English). The United States and China signaled a willingness to manage their strategic rivalry during back-to-back speeches at...
Russia’s external public debt rises above $60bn for first time since 2006
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s external public debt stood at $61.97 billion as of February 1, 2026, according to data from...
Stephen Miller’s growing influence reshapes Trump’s second-term agenda
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Stephen Miller, a senior White House adviser long associated with hardline immigration policies, has become one of...
Trump favors renewed Iran diplomacy after talks with Netanyahu
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump said he wants to continue pursuing a diplomatic agreement with Iran following a three-hour...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Follow Realist English
