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Move over Georgia, Russia's found a second 'second front' the West wants to open in the Caucasus

What a couple of days for Syria. Incredibly happy for all my Syrian friends that they will finally get a chance to rebuild their country and their future as US sanctions are lifted. No one has fought harder for it. 🇸🇾🇸🇾🇸🇾

161 years ago today, the Russian Empire committed the Circassian Genocide against the indigenous highlanders of the northwest Caucasus. The crime still goes unrecognized and unreparated by the Russian government.

Just insane, horrific scenes from Kyiv the last few nights as Russia carries out some of its largest terror attacks of the entire war. Missiles and drones striking Ukrainian civilian buildings with reckless abandon. Pure evil.

More than three years into full-scale warfare, Ukraine and Russia are locked in a war of attrition, with an uncertain outcome. Yet there are some key steps that Western policymakers can take to ensure Ukraine emerges victorious. My new policy paper: carleton.ca/eetn/2025/a-st…

Ulviyya Ali is an Azerbaijani journalist who has been illegally detained in inhumane conditions for weeks now. No EU engagement with Ilham Aliyev has even mentioned her. Azerbaijan should be pressured as hard as possible to release political prisoners.

Videos like this make the hundreds of hours I spent learning Russian completely worth it

Always read Greg on Syria. He's maybe spent more time in the country than outside it since the fall of the Assad regime, and much of it with the Alawite and Sunni communities of the Syrian coast.

Polish PM Donald Tusk has said his government is lobbying among EU states to revoke visa-free travel to the bloc for Georgian citizens, as Georgia's government dives further into authoritarianism oc-media.org/polands-tusk-i…

The Persian mosque in Yerevan, Armenia. One of the greatest sites in this country. Don't think I've ever met a Persian I disliked.