Charles Recknagel is standards editor for RFE/RL.
Iraq needs inclusive elections to save its fragile democracy. But violence in its Sunni West could spoil the chances.
Launching a revolution is one thing. Building on what you've won is another. Just ask Ukraine's civil society activists.
Ukraine says it wants to take Russia to international courts over the annexation of Crimea. But what does that mean and how much satisfaction can Ukraine hope for?
The Russian forces massing on Ukraine's eastern border are largely equipped by Ukraine. It is an ironic fact that much of the materiel used by the Russian troops in Crimea, and those maneuvering on Ukraine's border, is produced by Kyiv's military industry.
The worst-case scenario in the Russia-Ukraine crisis would be a war between the two states. How do their respective forces compare?
The Russian ruble has plummeted to a record low against the U.S. dollar as the Ukrainian crisis revives Cold War-style tensions. Here are four things to know about the ruble's fall, and where things might go from here.
A recording of an alleged conversation between Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his son about hiding money from investigators is the latest salvo in Turkey's ever ballooning political crisis. Where might things go from here?
Ukraine's crisis is not just political, it also desperately needs economic support and hopes to get it from the West. What does Ukraine need, and where might the money might come from?
An uneasy quiet has fallen over Kyiv after two days of bloodshed that took scores of lives.
The Ukrainian army is coming under mounting pressure from the government to intervene in the country's political crisis. Here are five things to know about where the military stands.
As recently as February 17, when an amnesty for hundreds of demonstrators went into effect, Ukraine's crisis looked like it was deescalating. But beginning on February 18 at least 25 people died.
Nervous savers have flocked to three banks in Kazakhstan after rumors on social networks said the banks could soon collapse. The incident underlines again the power of social media to move hundreds of people with just a few words, true or false
The next few months could see the endgame of a major contest between the EU and Moscow. The battle is over Russian state energy giant Gazprom's shady practices in Europe.
Three and a half decades after the Islamic Revolution, Iran remains one of the most repressive places a filmmaker can work. So, how did Iran's cinema come to become one of the most critically acclaimed in the world?
Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on February 1, Vitali Klitschko, the former world heavyweight boxing champion-cum-lawmaker, called on friends of Ukraine in the West to help Ukraine's democratic movement succeed.
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have sparred at a major conference on global security over the future of Ukraine and NATO's planned missile shield.
If there is one common denominator these days in emerging markets, it is turbulence, with many of these countries' economies having to contend with sliding currencies and stockmarket volatility. Here are five things to know about what's behind the turmoil.
Sensible idea, risky timing. That could be the best way to describe Kyiv's decision to depreciate the hryvnya at the same time street unrest worsens.
Today marks the 80th anniversary of the premiere of Russian composer Dmitry Shostakovich's opera "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk." Little did he know how much the opera would outrage Stalin and change his own life.
The Geneva II peace conference offers the best opportunity yet to deescalate the Syrian conflict. But it starts with low expectations for success.
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