After the Vote: What Russia’s 2026 State Duma Election Changed—and What It Did Not
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The 77th National Day of the People’s Republic of China and Beijing’s Developmental Trajectory Through 2026
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Iran and Turkmenistan: From Stable Neighborliness to Geoeconomic Partnership
Russia’s 2026 State Duma election delivered an expected victory with consequences that were less predictable. Higher turnout, a record United Russia majority and substantial parliamentary renewal reveal how the Russian political system is adapting—and consolidating—under wartime pressure.
Since the 1979 Revolution, the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has relied on the “Neither East nor West” motto. It was based on the Constitution of the Islamic Republic drafted amid the Cold War in the bipolar system and under the independent approach assumed by Iran’s newly established government.