WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 19, 2023 – The Western Balkans Observatory, an initiative by the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy, launches today with...
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Frankfurt (22/09 – 58.33) Since May 2022, the Tajikistani authorities have stepped up their ongoing crackdown on Pamiris, an ethnic, linguistic and religious...
Toronto, Atlanta (5/9 – 50) An objective appraisal of representative democracy around the planet would conclude that it is in rather a poor condition – at...
When the war in Ukraine began in 2022, it accelerated an ongoing energy shift: European nations trying to reduce their dependence on Russian gas rushed to...
Copenhagen (17/08 – 78) Kidnapping, intimidation, and blackmail are just some of the means used to hit enlistment quotas in Tajikistan. When conscription...