Analysis

Peace by 2031? Why Pashinyan Is Asking the Region to Wait Again

Pashinyan’s 2031 deadline turns an urgent peace treaty and transport agenda into a five-year waiting period. The region needs verifiable milestones now.

Europe Is Rearming. Is It Ready to Pay for Security?

Europe can pledge billions for weapons. The harder task is convincing voters that security will require years of spending, political discipline and a rethink of familiar priorities.

Starting a Family Is Becoming a Luxury: Why Young People Delay Marriage

Editorial | By AZE.US Editorial Team A young man is told it is time to marry. A young woman is reminded that time is passing....

Hijab as a Lever of Pressure: Where Brotherhood Ends and Interference Begins

The Vesti Baku Editorial Board examines how a dispute over school dress rules has tested equality and sovereignty in Azerbaijan-Turkey relations.

The Enclave Knot: Baku Needs Decisions, Not More Promises From Yerevan

An equal-area land swap may be workable, but Baku needs specific, enforceable terms rather than another open-ended political formula.

‘The Score Is 1-1’: How Revanchists Sell Armenia Another War

Vladimir Poghosyan’s rhetoric presents peace as a pause before another Armenian-Azerbaijani war - a revanchist formula that would put another generation at risk.

Adults Divorce. Why Does the Child Pay the Price?

Divorce can end a marriage, but it cannot end parenthood. In Azerbaijan, disputes over child support, contact and property too often leave children paying the price.

Azerbaijan Needs Routes to the World, Not New Patrons

Azerbaijan’s sovereignty depends on multiple reliable routes, stronger regional institutions and partnerships that cannot be controlled by any single outside power.

Brotherhood Does Not Give Ankara the Right to Command Baku

Azerbaijan did not leave one empire to become the ideological province of another. Alliance does not mean submission.

A Daughter Is Not Property: Where Parental Authority Must End

When adults turn a school headscarf into a banner of confrontation, children pay the price. The missing question is where the girl’s own freedom begins.

Putin Is Trapped as Ordinary Russians Pay for His War

A major Russian internet outage shows how Vladimir Putin’s war is eroding the everyday stability the Kremlin promised its citizens.

Credit Cannot Replace a Salary

Credit is useful when it bridges a temporary expense, but it becomes a trap when borrowing replaces insufficient income.

The Price of Security: Why a Strong Army Is Not Enough for Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan's military advantage must be reinforced by enforceable peace mechanisms, reliable transport rules, commercial energy partnerships and a stronger domestic economy.

Putin’s Valdai Speech Mixes Escalation Warning With Offer to Bargain

Russian President Vladimir Putin used his Oct. 1 address to the Valdai Discussion Club to deliver two messages at once: Moscow is prepared to...

Trump Entrusts AI Oversight to the Companies Profiting From It

Voluntary AI-safety promises cannot substitute for enforceable, risk-based rules when commercial incentives conflict with public protection.

A Wedding for the Crowd, Debt for the Family

Azerbaijan's wedding traditions should celebrate a new family, not leave it repaying other people's expectations for years.

Someone Else’s Life on Screen, Someone Else’s Opinion in Your Head

Social media lets us follow other people’s lives while Azerbaijan’s familiar question, “What will people say?” increasingly shapes our own choices.

Trump and Xi Bought Time. Why It Matters for the South Caucasus

The Washington summit did not resolve the central U.S.-China disputes, but it created breathing room that could shape trade, investment and the Middle Corridor through the South Caucasus.

Why Russian-Speaking Azerbaijanis Still Have to Prove They Belong

In 2026, language should not be treated as a test of patriotism. Azerbaijan’s Russian-speaking citizens should be judged by their work and commitment to the country, not by the language of a social media post.

At the U.N., Azerbaijan’s Peace Test Is About What Happens After the Speeches

By AZE.US Editorial Team A train cannot run on a declaration. It needs tracks, border procedures and two governments willing to keep their commitments when...

Russia’s Election Without a Choice: Putin’s Dictatorship Is Now Complete

Putin promised to raise Russia from its knees. Instead, he forced Russian citizens onto their knees before the state.

Will Turkey Enter a War With the Houthis - and Why Is the U.S. Holding Back?

By AZE.US Editorial Team The Houthi advance toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, renewed attacks on Saudi Arabia and Washington’s refusal to open another military front...

From the Strait of Hormuz to the Ballot Box: A Defining Moment for Trump and Netanyahu

The war with Iran is shifting from a source of political mobilization into an electoral liability for the leaders of the United States and Israel.

Azerbaijan Is Becoming the Turkic World’s Strategic Hub

Geography, the Middle Corridor and the prospect of peace in the South Caucasus are turning Azerbaijan into a pivotal link across the Turkic world.

The Turkic World Is Emerging - What the Ankara Summit Must Deliver

By AZE.US Editorial Team The Turkic world has reached a point where shared history, language and declarations of brotherhood are no longer enough. Its influence...

The Houthis Advance: Why Saudi Arabia Looks Powerless

By AZE.US Editorial Team Riyadh’s overwhelming military superiority has failed to produce a political victory. The Houthis have learned to use low-cost drones, Yemen’s geography...

Trump Declared an Energy Truce Before Kyiv and Moscow Did

By AZE.US Editorial Team President Donald Trump says Ukraine has agreed to stop striking Russian energy facilities and Russia has accepted the same obligation. The...

Georgia and Armenia Pulled Ahead: Why Azerbaijan Is Falling Behind

By AZE.US Editorial Team Over the past decade, Azerbaijan’s economy expanded by just 14.5%. During the same period, Georgia recorded cumulative growth of 77.8%, Armenia 65.9%...

Washington Won the Air War, Tehran Weaponized Oil: Who Is Really Losing the U.S.-Iran War?

By AZE.US Editorial Team The United States has inflicted enormous military damage on Iran but has not forced Tehran to surrender. Iran has kept its...

Armenia Can No Longer Sit Between Moscow and Europe

By AZE.US Editorial Team Negotiations with Moscow can continue indefinitely. Meetings may follow meetings, envoys may travel between capitals, and all sides may promise to...

Moscow and Kyiv Unwilling to Yield as Trump’s Peace Mission Stalls

By AZE.US Editorial Team The latest diplomatic mission by U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner has confirmed an uncomfortable reality: communication between Moscow and...

Azerbaijan Moved Beyond Russian Dependence. Can Armenia Do the Same?

By AZE.US Editorial Team The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Bishkek did little to resolve the widening...

Peace Dividends: What Azerbaijan and Armenia Can Sell Each Other

By AZE.US Editorial Team Bilateral trade remains modest, but the larger economic prize lies in lower transport costs and a new commercial map for the...

Shusha Is No Place for Graffiti

By AZE.US Editorial Team Some acts cannot be excused by youth, carelessness or a desire to leave one’s mark. Spray-painting names on the rocks of...

Azerbaijan Between Two Wars: The Biggest Threats May Still Lie Ahead

Baku is no longer viewed merely as a small state caught between larger powers. It has become an increasingly independent regional actor with influence over energy supplies, transit corridors and the balance of power across the South Caucasus.

Azerbaijan Does Not Have to Choose East or West

By AZE.US Editorial Team The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s anniversary summit has revived a familiar question for Azerbaijan: Should Baku move closer to the East or...

Sargsyan Did Not Betray Putin - The Kremlin Misread Armenia

By AZE.US Editorial Team The claim that Serzh Sargsyan deliberately handed power to Nikol Pashinyan after betraying an agreement with Moscow is politically seductive. It would...

Armenia Heads for Europe With Handcuffs for the Opposition

By AZE.US Editorial Team Robert Kocharyan’s arrest does not erase legitimate questions about his family’s wealth. But when law enforcement acts immediately after a public...

Putin Allows State to Take Control of Big Business

By AZE.US Editorial Team Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing the government to place companies and their assets under temporary state management...

Pashinyan Jails His Rivals as Russia Loses Armenia

By AZE.US Editorial Team The detention of former President Robert Kocharyan is the latest move against Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s political opponents. Azerbaijan and...

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