The Soviet Union’s collapse 32 years ago led to rapid change, economic collapse, and violence. In Tajikistan, that violence slid rapidly into civil war. Reflecting on the Soviet Union’s collapse…
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Prabowo Subianto: What can Indonesia expect from its new strongman leader?
The apparent victory of Prabowo Subianto in Indonesia’s presidential election is a dramatic moment in the country’s history. Even though polls put him as the front-runner for many weeks before…
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Armenia Plans to Use Iranian Ports to Reach India
Iran has granted Armenia access to its Chabahar and Bandar Abbas ports to facilitate Yerevan’s trade access to India. On January 3, Mehdi Sobhani, the Iranian ambassador to Armenia, announced…
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Is Tajikistan’s succession saga any closer to the end?
Rustam Emomali is increasingly the face of his country on the international stage On January 29, China signed off on an agreement to hand Tajikistan the gift of $2 million to fund…
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Terrorists from Tajikistan have become a global menace
One of them was the Islamic State’s Minister of War On January 5, Iran’s Ministry of Information and National Security revealed that one of the two suicide bombers behind the terrorist attack…
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Activist Called on UN to Assess Tajikistan Security Forces
Berlin (06/12 – 67.67) Asliddin Sherzamonov, an activist from Tajikistan, strongly believes that the United Nations (UN) should assess the actions of the Central Asian country’s security forces during the…
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Hamas No. 3 Killed in Beirut Blast
Latest Developments The third-most senior Hamas figure, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed on January 2 in a Beirut blast that Lebanese authorities blamed on Israel. Arouri was among at least four people who…
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Telesur’s Pro-Iran Propaganda
Much like its ideological counterparts at HispanTV (Iranian-owned) and Actualidad RT (Russian-owned), Telesur wraps its incitement into a sophisticated and slick twenty-four-hour news platform through its website, broadcasts, and social media presence. Though it…
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President Wickremesinghe’s Contribution To Securing IMF Loan For Sri Lanka
Brussels (08/11 – 50) On March 20, the IMF approved a $3 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) to support Sri Lanka amid its economic crisis. The approval is expected to…
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Brussels (3/12) Governments may be doing great while the people suffer. Bombing of the Nordstream 2 pipeline, carrying cheap Russian natural gas to industry and consumers in Europe, is exerting…