Category Politics

Azerbaijan and the Non-Aligned Movement

Latvian President Egils Levits recently proclaimed, “Azerbaijan plays a paramount role in the Non-Aligned Movement including 120 member states,” stressing that Azerbaijan has inspired many countries during its chairman of the block of states during a period when the pandemic…

The Plight of a Western Azerbaijani Refugee

Although many people may not be aware of it today, the majority of Yerevan used to be Azerbaijani Turkish.  In 1897, there were 77,491 Azerbaijani Turks and only 58,148 Armenians in Yerevan Province.  However, after a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign,…

The Costs of Saving Face

The Most Advanced Tank on either side of the Conflict to date, a Russian T-90M sits burnt out after it was destroyed fighting in Ukraine. While there are a lot of conflicting reports on the front lines in Ukraine, it…

Eroded Proportionality

The concept of Proportionality in Law and in the application of policy is a crucial measure that separates a fair and just system of rules and laws from one that functions to the benefit of a few powerful individuals. The…

Global Conflict Update: Unrest in Ecuador

In the South American country of Ecuador, indigenous groups have clashed with the government over fiscal issues and environmental protections for years. In 2019, protests broke out against then-President Lenin Moreno’s decision to cut oil subsidies. The government implemented this…

Somalia’s Vigilante To Eradicate al-Shabaab

In a country that is never short of hot button issues, lately the Ma’wisley issue has been stirring the strongest emotions and widely broadening the political division among the Somali people since 1991. Within the past few months, al-Shabaab has…

The Era of Shame

In a discussion I had with a local Government official, I was shocked to see how many Constitutional rights she was justifying breaking against refugees coming to my country from Ukraine. As someone who has close ties to this group…