Kurdish plans to enter the war remain in limbo as Washington equivocates on support while Tehran seizes the initiative by bombarding Kurdish forces along its western border.

Ilham Aliyev turned Azerbaijan from a Russian vassal into a pro-Western petrostate. Now, a new Turkish alliance and military victories against Armenia are revealing his ambitions for regional power.

I arrived in Kharkiv as Russia began its invasion of Ukraine. Here’s what I saw.

Kazakhstan’s leaders blamed foreign infiltration for its violent January protests. In the city of Almaty, I learned that the real answers lie within the state itself.

Lebanon’s state is collapsing under the weight of its own dysfunction. Visiting its capital, I found a gallery of street art, urban wreckage, and political nihilism.

While in Lebanon to report on a disintegrating state, I found Hezbollah building a different kind of regime.

A journey through Armenia reveals a country on Russian life support. With Azerbaijan and Turkey in ascendency, the country’s lack of allies is its most existential threat.