Great East

The leaders of China, Russia, India, Iran and the Central Asian states gathered in Bishkek on 1 September for an anniversary summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation — a grouping that increasin...

More than two years after handing the chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement to Uganda, Azerbaijan has retained leadership over two structures created at its initiative, as well as a broad network o...

The dissolution of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces following their integration into the national army marks the biggest step towards restoring centralised rule in Syria since Bashar al-Assad...

For the second time in two months, official Baku is attempting to ease tensions between Israel and Turkey — two countries whose relations with Azerbaijan are of strategic importance. The latest mediat...

Israel says it prevented Turkish forces from deploying in northern Syria. Damascus and Ankara deny that such a deployment was planned, while the United States is trying to establish a three-way deconf...

The investigation into an influential religious community, the arrests of opposition politicians and the dispute over the 2028 elections form part of the same picture: Turkey’s government is becoming...

Tehran presents direct dialogue with Baku as a model for its new policy of good neighbourliness. Yet behind the warmth of the president’s personal contacts remain the security establishment’s old susp...

A representative of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned of possible retaliatory measures if U.S. military personnel are involved in providing security for the TRIPP transport pr...

Oil traders are increasingly being forced to assess the global market not only through production volumes and official export statistics but also through the movements of vessels that temporarily disa...

The simultaneous shutdown of two generating units at the Toktogul Hydropower Plant triggered a chain reaction across Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. The incident showed that the reg...

The appointment of six senior commanders strengthens Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, shifts the country towards prolonged confrontation and places domestic control alongside defence against external...

The Turkish parliament’s approval of legislation establishing a legal framework for the disarmament and reintegration of members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party could become not only a turning point i...

The Iranian president’s meeting with the supreme leader has halted the campaign for his resignation and given the government political breathing space. Yet the appointment of Mohsen Rezaei to the Supr...

The Mecca agreement strengthens deterrence against Iran and Iran-linked forces, while also reflecting concern about Israel and doubts over the reliability of United States security guarantees Turkey,...

Tehran, which once vowed to prevent a U.S.-backed transport project from emerging along its northern border, is changing tactics. Instead of trying to block the Trump Route, Iran is seeking to develop...

Masoud Pezeshkian’s denial that he intends to resign was supposed to project stability. Instead, it exposed the depth of the struggle between Iran’s civilian administration, religious conservatives an...