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Despite refugee influx, Armenia economy coping relatively well

So far, the 100,000 people displaced into the country have helped some sectors grow, and there are hopes that the lack of a significant negative impact could last. Some foreign aid has helped.

Nazareth Seferian 23 December 2023
A once-unshakeable alliance has been disrupted by a one-sided dependency and a feeling of unrepaid loyalty as Putin's invasion of Ukraine echoes through his near-neighbours and the wider world. Nash Weerasekera

Russia and Armenia 'friendship' hangs by a thread

A once-unshakeable alliance has been disrupted by a one-sided dependency and a feeling of unrepaid loyalty as Putin's invasion of Ukraine echoes through his near-neighbours as well as the wider world

Nazareth Seferian 29 September 2023
The conflict over Karabakh had been the longest-running in the post-Soviet space. Al Majalla explains the origins of the conflict and how it has evolved over the decades. Majalla/Agencies

Nagorno-Karabakh's perpetual conflict shows Soviet Union still crumbling

Al Majalla explains the origins and evolution of the longest-running conflict in the post-Soviet space

Anna Borshchevskaya 25 September 2023
Smoke rises from artillery strikes on a hilltop outside Stepanakert, the capital of the Armenian-populated separatist region within Azerbaijani borders on September 19, 2023. AFP

Recent flare-up shows geopolitical drivers of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

With various regional and global players having vested interests in the South Caucasus, resolving the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is ever more urgent. Al Majalla explains.

Omer Onhon 20 September 2023
A serviceman of Karabakh's Defence Army fires an artillery piece towards Azeri positions during fighting over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region on September 28, 2020. AFP

Seven months of crippling blockade in Nagorno-Karabakh

An Azerbaijani-imposed blockade has placed the Armenian population on the brink of starvation. But the world has turned a blind eye to what is happening.

Vicken Cheterian 31 July 2023
Fehim Taştekin, the well-known analyst and journalist who is an expert on Turkish foreign affairs. (Supplied)

Erdogan Approaches Washington and Brussels, Shuns Moscow

Since the beginning of this year, Turkey has been attempting to approach the United States particularly after the arrival of the incumbent President Joe Biden to the White House. This practically…

Jiwan Soz 02 July 2021
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Trump-Xi meeting is about much more than trade

22 October 2025

US and Chinese leaders have locked themselves into a downward spiral that goes far beyond tariffs, exports, and rare earths. This is about the future and who controls it.

Shirley Ze Yu
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Business & Economy

Saudi entertainment: a soft but growing economic power

21 October 2025

Strategic investments aim to stimulate the economy, attract tourists, and elevate culture and the arts in Saudi Arabia as part of the country's Vision 2030 goals

Amer Ziab Al-Tamimi
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Syria mulls expanding PKK deal with Türkiye

21 October 2025

The Adana Agreement defused a crisis in 1998 on the brink of a military confrontation. As revision talks are underway, Al Majalla reexamines the agreement.

Ibrahim Hamidi
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Cultural boycotts: the double standards that expose Western hypocrisy

16 October 2025

The international community's contradictory responses to Ukraine and Gaza lay bare the farce of a supposed rules-based global order

Sawsan Jamil Hasan
LDP President Sanae Takaichi receives applause after she was selected as Japan's new prime minister during an extraordinary session of the lower house of parliament in Tokyo on October 21, 2025. Philip FONG / AFP
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Sanae Takaichi: Japan's first female prime minister

21 October 2025

Her task will be to balance the country's security imperatives with American expectations regarding burden-sharing, defence spending, and economic cooperation

Futoshi Matsumoto

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