If one would have inquired last year about the NATO member that Russia liked the most, it would have been Turkey. They’re not only heavy trade partners, but they share a disdain politically for many of the western practices that the United States and western Europe have adopted. Some might even conclude that Turkey would...Read More

President Obama has spent the last year and a half doing as little as possible to get involved in Syria. From helping refugees to aiding the “moderate rebels” he allegedly backs, his policy has been passive at best. Now that Russia is fully backing its horse in the race, the hundreds of millions of dollars...Read More

In nearly every case of uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa, the result of the much ballyhooed Arab Spring and subsequent revolts of different names have been bad. They’ve been bad for the people. They’ve been bad for relations with the United States and Israel. They’ve been bad for stability in the region.Read More

Medical, educational, and military help wasn’t enough to get Kyrgyzstan to renew the 22-year treaty with the United States. Now, it seems like they are sending out a new message according to political analyst Alisher Khamidov: “We arewith Russia.”Read More