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Tunisia’s new government sworn in without parliamentary approval (Hanen Jebli, Al Monitor)

The moderate Islamist Ennahda party, Tunisia’s largest party in parliament, issued a statement Oct. 14 rejecting the new government headed by Najla Bouden. “It’s a de...

Drone sale to Ethiopia could jeopardize Turkey-Egypt dialogue (Fehim Tastekin, Al Monitor)

Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drones, touted as a game-changer for Ankara’s allies in the Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh conflicts, appear bound for further showing in African...

Non-Citizenship Issue in Baltic Countries Passing from the Scene (Paul Globe, The Jamestown Foundation)

In the 1990s, the status of ethnic Russians who did not automatically become citizens in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania was a lively topic—especially in...

The Belarusian Opposition and the Five Stages of Grief (Grigory Ioffe, The Jamestown Foundation)

Writing about the Belarusian opposition (BO) can be risky because any expressed negativity toward the opposition leaders is perceived in some quarters as tantamount...

‘Zangezur Corridor’ Closer to Realization as Armenia Readies to Normalize Relations With Turkey and Azerbaijan (Vasif Huseynov, The Jamestown Foundation)

On October 15, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, in an online summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), declared his country’s readiness to...

N Korea confirms test of ‘new type’ submarine-launched missile (Al Jazeera)

North Korea has confirmed it test-fired a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), a day after South Korea reported the launch of what it said...

Xinjiang’s ‘architecture of repression’ targets Muslim Uighurs (Al Jazeera)

In November of 2018, Anayit Abliz, a Muslim Uighur from China’s far western region of Xinjiang, was sentenced to three years in prison for...

Are NATO and Russia on a collision course? (Al Jazeera)

NATO and Russia have long tried to keep an open channel of communication. But building trust between the two rivals has always been complicated. They have...

Greece pledges to link Egypt to European Union’s energy market (Al Jazeera)

Greece pledged Tuesday to link Egypt to the European Union’s energy market with an undersea cable that would carry electricity across the Mediterranean. “ link...

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