Azerbaijan
Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh Will Promote European Energy Security
In September, Armenia and Azerbaijan renewed their battle over the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Significant escalation occurred on September 13, when Azerbaijan upped the ante and attacked cities along Armenia’s...
Human Rights Watch Verifies War Crimes Committed by Azerbaijan
The alleged execution of seven Armenian prisoners of war (POWs) last month by Azerbaijani forces is a war crime, Human Rights Watch said on Friday. A video, published on Telegram...
The EU Must Hold Both Azerbaijan and Armenia Accountable
The EU’s condemnation this week of a video—released now but purportedly recorded a month ago—of Azerbaijani soldiers fighting Armenian civilians at a time when the two countries narrowly averted full-blown war...
Russia-Ukraine War Pushes Europe and Azerbaijan Closer
“Today Azerbaijan and the European Union (EU) have become closer to each other more than ever,” Peter Michalko, the EU ambassador in Azerbaijan, stated in an event dedicated to Europe...
Azerbaijan’s Aliyev is a Strategic Liability, Not an Asset
Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan for nearly eighteen years, sits atop a mirage. Azerbaijan’s capital Baku exudes wealth. Luxury boutiques like Bulgari, Christian Dior, Gucci, and Trussardi line Neftchiler Avenue...
Iran, Azerbaijan Agree to Lower Tensions
Following a telephone conversation between Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, the two leaders agreed to resolve a festering diplomatic crisis between their nations, which had escalated...
An Azerbaijani-Iranian War Will Lead to a Regional Conflagration
Iran is escalating its military rhetoric against Azerbaijan as Tehran holds its largest military exercises in three decades on its border with Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, patriotism in Azerbaijan, which is already...
Iran and Azerbaijan Are Still Butting Heads
Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, currently in Moscow for a round of discussions with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov, insisted on Wednesday that the country would not accept “map change”...
Border Escalation Is a Risky Strategy for Armenia
Eight months after a Moscow brokered ceasefire ended a forty-four-day conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, tensions are once again reaching a fever pitch between the South Caucasus neighbors. In the most...
Regional Integration Is Critical for Peace in the South Caucasus
The South Caucasus region has a strategic geographic position because Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia share borders with three major powers: Russia, Iran, and Turkey. Yet, the long-lasting conflict between Armenia...
How Georgia and Azerbaijan Can Help NATO and the Middle East
With political will and thinking outside the box, the United States could turn the tables on Iran and Russia in the Greater Middle East. To do this, the United States...
How Iran’s Threats are Driving Israel and Azerbaijan Closer Together
When writing about international affairs we should differentiate between different types of threats to states and thereby better able understand why countries enter into strategic partnerships. One such case is...