Some analysts and a few bureaucrats still cling to what seems to be almost a warped hope that the conflict lives on.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s overtures over the last week, aimed at meeting Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, have so far been met with dismissiveness from Moscow.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko may be many things, but no one can disagree – he is a survivor.

The latest, but bloodiest Central Asian conflict in years is over water resources. And this clash, long in the making, has major regional implications.

For a country with an entrenched single party system, the subject of selling or leasing land to foreigners has proven a volatile issue.

The snub was an eye-popping dismissal of hopeful talk by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The anti-corruption campaign highly intensified following the end of Azerbaijan’s war with Armenia in late 2020, but has rapidly picked up speed this month.

The well-funded agitation to derail a hydro project in Georgia has the potential to ruin the country's reputation, and severely damage relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan.