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Cancer in Armenia: 43% growth in four years and 21% of all deaths
YEREVAN (Realist English). Oncology has become the second leading cause of death in Armenia, claiming the lives of 21% of all...
Read moreBaku has kept its borders closed for six years
BAKU (Realist English). Azerbaijan remains the only country in the world that has kept its land borders locked for nearly six...
Read moreCheap imports from Ankara: Turkish goods strangling Armenia’s economy
YEREVAN (Realist English). On 13 May, Turkish authorities decided to lift long-standing restrictions on bilateral trade with Armenia. Goods moving...
Read moreFrom Historical Plagiarism to an Alliance with Israel: Baku’s Anti-Iranian Strategy
BAKU (Realist English). For decades, Azerbaijani state historiography has pursued a systematic campaign to appropriate the ancient and medieval history...
Read moreEuropean Parliament and Socialist International united: Baku must release Armenian political prisoners immediately
BRUSSELS (Realist English). A week before the EU summit, on May 4, simultaneously with the arrival of European leaders in Yerevan,...
Read moreAliyev Threatens EU and Prepares Resettlement of 300,000 Fake “Refugees” to Armenia
YEREVAN (Realist English). On May 10, the dictator Ilham Aliyev, speaking in occupied Kovsakan, once again demonstrated his true face. He...
Read moreEthnic Cleansing in Artsakh Legally Proven: Armenians Have the Legal Right to Return
YEREVAN (Realist English). The deportation of the indigenous Armenian population of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) cannot be considered a "resolution of the conflict"...
Read more“Aren’t you ashamed?”: Ruben Vardanyan publicly flogs traitor Pashinyan from Baku prison
YEREVAN (Realist English). While the traitor of the Armenian people, Nikol Pashinyan, was playing the role of a "peacemaker" and receiving...
Read moreEthnocide of Avars in Azerbaijan: Baku erases the Avar trace from history and maps
BAKU (Realist English). Beneath the veneer of showcase human‑rights conferences and glowing reports from Western funds, Azerbaijan is implementing a systemic,...
Read moreYerevan again silent on 23 prisoners, EU pledges €2.5bn, and Aliyev threatens revenge
YEREVAN (Realist English). On May 4-5, Yerevan hosted the first-ever Armenia–European Union summit – the culmination of Yerevan's rapprochement with the...
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Israel prepares strike on Iran: leak of uranium capture plan causes scandal in Knesset
TEHRAN (Realist English). The diplomatic process between the United States and Iran has entered its final stage, but military rhetoric on...
China and Kazakhstan launch grain hub
BEIJING (Realist English). China and Kazakhstan have agreed to establish a joint grain trading platform aimed at strengthening food security...
Putin and Xi Shape a New Architecture of Cooperation
BEIJING (Realist English). Russia and China have agreed to further strengthen their comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation, expand economic ties,...
“Restrictions Alone Are Not Enough — Children Need to Be Engaged”: Paata Amonashvili on Meaningful Alternatives to Gadgets
TBILISI (Realist English). Restrictions alone are not enough to overcome children’s dependence on gadgets — children must be offered meaningful...
NATO Anchors at Hormuz? IRGC Warns of Retaliation
TEHRAN (Realist English). On May 20, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued an uncompromising statement: if the United States undertakes...
Replacing Baathists with Islamists: why Kurds and other minorities in Syria have not seen equality
HASAKAH (Realist English). The overthrow of Bashar al‑Assad and the rise to power in Damascus of radical Islamist groups has not...
Russia seeks its place in China’s new transport corridor
MOSCOW (Realist English). Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official visit to Beijing, experts are increasingly discussing the hidden contradictions...
From Hormuz to Solar Panels: How Iran Accelerated the Global Shift to Renewables
WASHINGTON (Realist English). An analytical article by Benjamin Bradlow, professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton University, published in...
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