The situation in the Caucasus has worsened, with full-scale war between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the cards. Much will depend on how the rest of the world reacts.
Category: Middle East
Conflict in the Caucasus
A fresh outbreak of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan threatens the stability of regional alignments and provides another lesson in the need for self-determination.
Trump and Netanyahu: compare and contrast
The scheduled date arrives for Israel to take steps towards annexing (parts of) the West Bank, without much happening. This is no surprise.
Netanyahu one more time
Benjamin Netanyahu is back with a government of "national unity" in Israel committed to implementing his divisive policies.
National unity, of a sort, in Israel
Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc, now fracturing the opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. A new government is finally on the way.
No third-time-lucky in Israel
Israel's third election in a year produces gains for Benjamin Netanyahu, but no change to the basic political deadlock.
A quick Israeli preview
Israel votes yet again, with no obvious end in sight to its political deadlock.
Putin, history and the Holocaust
Remembering the Holocaust can't ever be a politically neutral activity. As far-right politics returns to the scene, it's becoming more fraught than ever.
Death of a sultan
The death of Oman's long-ruling sultan raises questions about the viability of enlightened despotism.
It was a good idea at the time
When Israel eventually gets a new government, it will have to deal with a situation vis-a-vis the Palestinians that, despite appearances, has changed radically in the past decade.
