Eurasia Review
Friday, July 8, 2016 - 07:01
According to Tajik law, every adult male citizen of Tajikistan must serve 12 to 24 months in the army. However, most young men do their best to avoid military service completely. The Tajik military has been under particular pressure due to the increasingly perilous security situation on its long, porous and mostly mountainous border with Afghanistan.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 06:32
The histories and patterns of U.S.-coordinated Western support for Ethiopia through military and economic aid have ultimately destabilized the region has given rise to heightened tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Monday, June 20, 2016 - 06:50
The Moldovan opposition considers the intensification of military cooperation with the United States as a gross violation of the neutrality recorded in the basic law of the state. Participating in joint exercises with NATO, Chisinau sends a signal that Moldova is a de facto member of the alliance, says German political scientist Alexander Rahr.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 - 06:28
Azerbaijan has set conditions for ceasefire in the troubled Nagorny-Karabakh region, saying that Armenia must withdraw from newly “occupied territories.” Meanwhile, Armenia has said it would recognize the region’s independence if the situation on the ground worsens.
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 06:23
The Congolese military is unlawfully detaining at least 29 children in dire conditions in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo. The authorities allege that the boys, ages 15 to 17, were members of a rebel armed group, and have held them in a military prison in Angenga since apprehending them in eastern Congo in the first half of 2015.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 05:20
The Nuclear Security Summit in Washington DC on March 31-April 1, to be joined by 50 world leaders, is the fourth under the leadership of President Barack Obama who stated in his speech in Prague in 2009 that nuclear terrorism is the most immediate and extreme threat to global security.
Monday, March 21, 2016 - 06:15
Many proponents of European Union integration tend to see the Georgian Orthodox Church as an obstacle on Georgia’s path to Brussels. But a new initiative in Tbilisi aims to make the Church a firm supporter of closer EU ties.
Monday, March 14, 2016 - 06:27
Georgia’s Foreign Minister, Mikheil Janelidze, will be visiting the United States next week during which he will meet U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said.
Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 06:27
Sartaj Aziz, Foreign Affairs Advisor to Pakistan’s Prime Minister, has, for the first time by a top member of the establishment, acknowledged that Pakistan has influence over the Afghan Taliban and that they were living in Pakistan.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 06:56
In recent years, Georgia made major advances in its relations with the EU and Georgia’s pro-Western orientation has always enjoyed high approval ratings from the public. However, recent trends show a decline in these approval ratings and a corresponding rise in pro-Russian sentiments. Coverage of Georgia has tended to focus on Misha Saakashvili’s United National Movement, which instituted reforms that transformed Georgia from a failed state into a modern one. The latter half of UNM’s predominance, however, was marked by controversies relating to media freedom, legal overreach, undue pressure on political opposition and a prison scandal.