Three years ago, more than 100,000 Armenians left Nagorno-Karabakh — and the region came under full Azerbaijani control. Karabakh conflict specialist Kirill Krivosheev explains why Russian peacekeeping ended in a mass exodus

Two European thinkers of the 20th century provide timely keys to understanding Russia’s ideological evolution

It’s hard to believe that Vladimir Solovyov was once a respected journalist known for being a courageous interlocutor. Today, he is one of the main mouthpieces of the war that Russia unleashed in Ukraine. At one time, I personally witnessed and, to some extent, was a victim of this metamorphosis.

Growing out of tribal militias in one of the poorest countries in the world, the group is capable of harming international trade, artificially driving up oil prices, and imposing its agenda on key powers. And there are always buyers for these services among the Houthis.