Diego Benning Wang examines how the Wagner-linked films “Tourist” and “Granit” recast Russian mercenary violence and exploitation in Africa as heroic intervention, while [...]

Diego Benning Wang charts Azerbaijani club Sabah FK’s remarkable rise from obscurity to the Champions League.

Maya Ivanova examines how Manas remains a symbol of identity, unity and resilience in Kyrgyzstan, from schools and monuments to politics and national memory.

Diego Benning Wang argues that the North Caucasus is difficult to define because its ethnic, linguistic, historical, geographic, and administrative boundaries overlap without [...]

Elia Berchielli argues that Prigozhin exposed the cracks in Putin’s system - and the forces keeping it intact.

Vladyslav Starodubtsev reflects on the debate surrounding Ukraine’s planned pantheon of national heroes.