Great East
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When American aircraft carriers begin converging toward the narrow waters of the Strait of Hormuz, it is rarely just a signal. It is a language of power — understood simultaneously by allies, adversar...
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Wars often begin with loud promises and end with quiet compromises. The conflict surrounding Iran, which until recently seemed like a prelude to a wider confrontation, increasingly resembles precisely...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit to the Persian Gulf states in late March concluded with the signing of a series of key agreements on cooperation in air defense with Saudi Arabia, the U...
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A sharp escalation in geopolitical tensions at the end of February triggered one of the fastest oil price rallies in recent years. Over the following five weeks — from February 28 to April 5 — benchma...
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The ongoing disruption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is accelerating plans to develop new pipeline routes to export oil while bypassing the strategic waterway, the Financial Times reported.
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Heads of government of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) gathered in Baku on April 2 with a familiar message and an increasingly pressing question: can a bloc built on shared identity evolve int...
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Israel has struck a second Iranian military facility near Azerbaijan’s borders within days, while a separate missile incident involving Turkey underscored the widening regional risks linked to the Ira...
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The probability of a ground operation against Iran is increasing as Tehran continues missile and drone strikes on Israel despite sustained aerial bombardment by the United States and Israeli forces, r...
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Why was such a powerful strike against Iran launched именно now, accompanied by demands for capitulation? In principle, this could have been done earlier. Iran has never represented a sufficiently sig...
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The United States is considering the option of seizing Iranian ports and deploying troops on small islands in the Persian Gulf in order to secure navigation through the Strait of Hormuz. This was repo...
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As missiles struck some of the most critical oil and gas facilities in the Persian Gulf, sending shockwaves through global energy markets, Azerbaijan found itself aligned — not militarily, but politic...
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For more than three decades, relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey have been defined by a phrase that carries both political and emotional meaning: “One nation, two states.” The slogan symbolizes a...
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The emergence of Mojtaba Khamenei as Iran’s supreme leader has further heightened tensions in an already expanding regional conflict. His first aggressive statement on Thursday signaled that Tehran ap...
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The widening conflict between Iran and a U.S.–Israeli coalition is showing signs of turning into a prolonged regional war, as initial expectations in Washington that air strikes would quickly weaken T...
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Wars often begin with maximalist slogans and end with far more prosaic calculations: whether the minimum set of objectives has been achieved, whether the costs remain acceptable, and whether the campa...
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The drone strike on Azerbaijan’s Nakhchivan exclave on March 5 prompted sharply different responses from the United States and Russia, revealing competing diplomatic approaches to the growing tensions...