New South Ossetian leader brings stability

Six months after political stand-off brought South Ossetia (SO) to the brink of civil war, Leonid...

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Local issues drive and constrain Africa Sahel jihadis

Following northern Mali's crisis this year, speculation has grown that the central and western...

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Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said yesterday that he did not want war with Azerbaijan, but...

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As Georgia's parliamentary election campaign gets under way, relations with Armenia and...

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The fourth anniversary of the Russo-Georgian war over breakaway South Ossetia fell last week....

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Saudi King Abdallah on August 11 granted 50 million dollars in aid to Burma's Rohingya Muslims,...

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The recent rise of violent Islamist groups in Nigeria, northern Mali and Mauritania could raise...

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The International Steering Group (ISG) stops its oversight in September. The 25 mostly European...

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The new government -- a coalition of coalitions around the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS),...

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The unrecognised Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) holds a presidential election today. Unlike...

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