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Armenia Under Drug Attack: Record Drug Trafficking and the “Zangezur Corridor”
YEREVAN (Realist English). Armenia has found itself on the front line of a new undeclared war — the war on drugs....
Read more5% of Azerbaijani citizens use injection drugs: Aliyev’s regime under the thumb of drug mafia
BAKU (Realist English). Over the past decade and a half, the number of officially registered drug addicts in Azerbaijan has more...
Read moreChild poverty in Georgia: 37.8% of children lack basic necessities, 45% lack school supplies
TBILISI (Realist English). Georgia’s economic growth is accompanied by deepening regional inequality and a growing gap between official poverty figures and...
Read more76% of Armenian citizens live in poverty — World Bank
YEREVAN (Realist English). Official data from the Statistical Committee of Armenia record a gradual decline in poverty levels. In 2024, it...
Read more“Azerbaijan’s authorities feast, the people starve”: opposition politician Ali Kerimli from prison cell on social collapse and silenced protest
BAKU (Realist English). While official propaganda in Azerbaijan continues to report on successes and economic growth, voices from those who find...
Read moreGeorgia strengthens its status as a transit hub: The Middle Corridor gains momentum
TBILISI (Realist English). Over the past month, Georgia has strengthened its position as a key transit hub between Asia and Europe....
Read moreProtests in Tbilisi, reset with the US, and IMF forecasts: main events in Georgia over the week
TBILISI (Realist English). Over the past week, a number of events have taken place in Georgia spanning domestic politics, foreign policy...
Read more“The regime fears the truth”: Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court upholds sentences of Abzas Media journalists
BAKU (Realist English). Over the past week, a series of events have laid bare the true nature of Ilham Aliyev’s regime...
Read moreElection fever, Iranian shock and “frozen” CSTO: overview of events in Armenia
YEREVAN (Realist English). The last three days of Armenian politics have become a vivid illustration of a governance crisis: the ruling...
Read moreGeneticist Levon Yepiskoposyan: Turkic trace in the Armenian Highlands is only 0.5%
YEREVAN (Realist English). In an interview with Realist English, renowned Armenian geneticist Levon Yepiskoposyan, head of the Laboratory of Evolutionary Genomics...
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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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