The ceasefire in 2020 that ended the Second Artsakh War (44-Day War) instigated a post war examination, including research to better understand Armenia’s political and military failures.
According to Kazakhstani media, recently dozens of Kazakhs working in China in the field of education, journalism and public service have been detained and imprisoned by the authorities of the People’s Republic of China.
Over the past decade, the relevance of the term “post-Soviet space” has been questioned multiple times. Critics argue that the collapse of the USSR marked the fall of a colonial empire, where Russia’s dominance was the only unifying element.
On the Tuesday night, August 6, 2024, two days before the “anniversary” of the Georgia–Ossetia “August 08.08.08 war”, regular units of the AFU crossed the border with Russia and invaded the Kursk region from three directions.
The interpretation of events in Ukraine and now in the Russian Federation (hostilities have recently spread to its immediate territory) in the international media varies from full support of the Ukrainian position to promotion of the Russian view of events.
On 08.08.2024 an article of the head of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was placed on the website of “Kazakhstanskaya Pravda” resource, with a leitmotiv idea of unification of the Central Asia countries in a new defense system.
As recent events show, the Russian Foreign Ministry is experiencing a crisis of argumentation regarding its position on Armenia’s attempts to organize its security system without Moscow’s sole role.
Azerbaijan employs a dualistic strategy in its religious sphere. Domestically, Islam is meticulously managed under state control, undergoing modifications and being constrained by national interests.
The hostile rhetoric between Turkey and Israel reached its peak at the end of July this year. On 28.07.2024, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a public address in Turkish city of Rize that he might send Turkish troops into Israel.
The present Azerbaijani policy is largely based on “reverse” propaganda, projecting the reasonable criticism of the destructive actions of the Azerbaijani authorities on their opponents, in particular – on Armenia. I.
