Emil Avdaliani Emil Avdaliani is a professor of International Relations at European University and a scholar of silk roads. Most Recent A Former Soviet Republic is Playing Chess Masterfully Emil Avdaliani Latest Articles 1 A Century Later, China Might Want Outer Manchuria Back by Julian McBride 2 The Time Has Come: A Call for Leadership Fit for the Age by David Martin Abrahams 3 From Pipeline to Policy: Iraq’s Quiet Return to Global Energy Relevance by Nicholas Oakes 4 The Gospel According to Mark Driscoll: Masculinity, Control, and Reinvention by Scott Douglas Jacobsen 5 Bad Old Habits: Israel Backs Palestinian Militias in Gaza by Binoy Kampmark