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Ankara and Baku’s double standards — denial of genocide and a bloody orgy against the peoples of the region
BAKU / ANKARA (Realist English). While the entire civilised world bowed its head on 24 April in memory of one and...
Read moreAmnesty International calls trials of Armenian political prisoners in Baku a ‘mockery of justice’: more than 80 people remain in prison
BAKU (Realist English). International human rights organizations and individuals have stepped up efforts to draw attention to the fate of Armenian...
Read moreArmenian Genocide: 111 years of tragedy and memory of 1.5 million victims
YEREVAN (Realist English). On April 24, 2026, the Armenian people marked the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman...
Read moreECHR orders Baku to disclose data on torture of Armenian political prisoners
BAKU (Realist English). The Baku regime continues to cynically flout international law, illegally holding dozens of Armenian political prisoners. Despite the...
Read moreSeized lands, criminality and separatism: how Azerbaijan threatens Georgia’s integrity
TBILISI (Realist English). Georgia, which for decades has struggled to preserve its territorial integrity after losing Abkhazia and South Ossetia, faces...
Read moreParliamentary elections in Armenia: repression, insults to the opposition and a new constitution ‘for Baku’
YEREVAN (Realist English). The past week in Armenia has been marked by a sharp increase in both the foreign policy activity...
Read moreBaku and Ankara cement alliance: economy, army and ‘Turkic front’ against Russia
BAKU (Realist English). On April 17, at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, the leaders of Turkey and Azerbaijan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ilham Aliyev, held...
Read moreMurder in Mulhouse, attacks in Nantes and Washington: how Aliyev fights critics in Europe and the US
BAKU (Realist English). Azerbaijani opposition forces are increasingly voicing sharp criticism of the regime of Ilham Aliyev, accusing him of persecuting dissidents...
Read moreBaku and Kyiv Created an Anti-Russian Alliance: From Gas Supplies to Secret Military Collaboration
BAKU (Realist English). Behind the facade of economic gain and diplomatic pleasantries lies systematic work by Azerbaijan and Ukraine to undermine...
Read moreGeorgia has become the transit capital of drugs: tons of heroin, thousands of crimes and a railway to nowhere
TBILISI (Realist English). Georgia is experiencing a deep drug crisis: addiction rates are rising, drug-related crimes are increasing rapidly, and 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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