Sinan is an analyst for the Current Developments Team and a regular contributor to the Daily Brief. A student of transatlantic affairs, he specialises in political, economic and energy affairs of Europe and the Middle East.
Armenia will today handover the Lachin district to Azerbaijan. Following Armenia’s military defeat to Azerbaijan after two months of heavy
READ MOREThe Belarus-Kazakhstan Business Council will hold a videoconference today. The talks take place as Belarus seeks to enhance its ties
READ MOREAustralian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will visit Japan today, becoming the first foreign leader to meet with new Japanese Prime
READ MOREJordanians will today elect the country’s lower house of parliament, the Chamber of Deputies. Amid heightened social unrest, King Abdullah
READ MOREhe newly elected President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), Ersin Tatar, will meet today with Cypriot President
READ MOREThe Pakistan-Afghanistan Investment and Trade Forum 2020 is set to conclude today. The forum was hosted by Pakistan’s National Assembly—the
READ MOREUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will today chair the first virtual inaugural session of the US-UAE Strategic Dialogue. The
READ MOREThe World Trade Organization (WTO) is today expected to authorise EU tariffs on US products due to unfair subsidies granted
READ MOREEgypt is expected to sell its first sovereign green bonds today, becoming the first country in the Middle East and
READ MOREA Saudi Arabian embargo on the import of Turkish products will reportedly take effect today. Prominent Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet flagged
READ MOREVoting for the first round of Czech Senate elections will begin today. The elections will determine the composition of a
READ MOREPresident Donald Trump and Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden will meet tonight in Cleveland, Ohio for the first of
READ MOREYemen Central Bank’s (YCB) ban on local money transfer networks will today enter into effect. Officials hope the move will
READ MORESouth Korea’s parliament will today vote on a fourth supplementary budget for the 2020 fiscal year. In addition to an
READ MORESecond-generation migrants in Italy (G2) will today hold a demonstration to protest Italy’s strict citizenship laws. Inspired by the Black
READ MORERussia’s central bank has taken a rather dovish disposition in 2020 to support Moscow’s flagging economy, lowering interest rates from
READ MOREThe UAE and Israel will today sign the Abraham Accord peace deal in Washington D.C. Stipulating the full normalisation of
READ MOREAfter three extensions to its seismic survey activities, Turkey’s Oruc Reis vessel will today conclude its most recent round of
READ MOREIran will today hold run-off parliamentary elections. In the first round of voting on February 21, conservative forces won a
READ MOREEgyptian Senate elections are set to conclude following today’s run-off vote. After 174 seats were clinched by absolute majority during
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