Armenia is entering its parliamentary elections amid one of the sharpest ruptures with Russia in its modern history. Moscow is using markets, gas and political pressure. Nikol Pashinyan is trying to sell voters a different future. The real question is not whether Armenia chooses Europe or Russia, but how much it is willing to pay for leaving Moscow’s orbit.
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Russia appears to have found another “ungrateful ally.” This time, it is Armenia.
The language coming out of Moscow about Yerevan increasingly...
Nikol Pashinyan says Armenians could travel visa-free to the EU within two years. The promise may sound powerful ahead of elections, but the road to visa liberalization depends on reforms, border controls, biometric documents and a political decision in Brussels, not campaign timing.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing the country’s armed forces to be used abroad to protect Russian citizens,...
The latest argument over child benefits in Azerbaijan has exposed a much bigger problem. This is no longer just a welfare debate. It is about falling births, unaffordable housing, youth emigration, and whether the state is still thinking seriously about its own long-term future.
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Russia was named the leading foreign policy threat to Azerbaijan in an online poll published by the Telegram channel Caucasian Live,...
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Turkey is moving into a dangerous political phase. Elections still exist. Parties still operate. Parliament still meets. Courts still issue rulings....
Washington says a deal with Tehran is largely negotiated. But if the Strait of Hormuz remains a dispute over control, this is not peace yet. It is a pause in which every side is trying to look like the winner.
Audit is supposed to protect markets from false confidence. But after Azerbaijan’s banking failures, external auditors largely avoided public accountability. Legal expert says the problem is not only audit firms, but courts, regulators and a system where international brands can become a shield rather than a guarantee.
The World Urban Forum in Baku was not just another international event on Azerbaijan’s calendar. It gave the country a platform to connect postwar reconstruction, housing, urban resilience and global diplomacy in one narrative.
Russia and Ukraine are fighting a war in which drones have made troop movements, armor, logistics and even distant cities vulnerable. The result is not a clear path to victory, but a deeper war of attrition spreading far beyond the battlefield.
Kamal Abdulla’s remarks about women belonging at home were not made by a private citizen in a casual conversation. They came from a university rector, an academic and a public intellectual - in a country whose own modern history was built, in part, on the education of girls and the public role of women.
Vladimir Putin’s visit to China gave Moscow the image it wanted: Russia beside a powerful partner, not alone on the world stage. But the absence of a final Power of Siberia 2 gas deal showed where the real balance sits.
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The Strait of Hormuz has once again become the place where global politics stops being theoretical.
This is not only about Washington...
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Azerbaijan’s ambassador to Turkey, Rashad Mammadov, has triggered debate in Turkish political and media circles after saying that Ankara and Baku...
President Ilham Aliyev used the opening of WUF13 in Baku to present Azerbaijan’s urban development agenda, linking heritage preservation, green transport, environmental recovery and the postwar reconstruction of Karabakh and East Zangezur.
Azerbaijan once treated Eurovision as a serious cultural stage and won. Today, after years of weak results and fading musical identity, the question is no longer emotional but practical: what does the country still gain from taking part?
Fresh corruption scandals in Kyiv and Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil and aviation infrastructure point to a deeper shift in the war. The battlefield is no longer only about territory - it is increasingly about endurance, credibility and internal pressure.
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The meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing did not produce a grand bargain. But...
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The meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is being presented as a summit about trade, Taiwan,...
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Car ownership in Azerbaijan is again moving closer to a luxury purchase, as average prices rise and buyers increasingly rely on...
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Europe’s relationship with Azerbaijan is cracking not because Baku has suddenly turned away from the West, but because Europe itself keeps...
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The European Parliament has again placed itself on the wrong side of the peace process in the South Caucasus, Azerbaijani political...
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A mass fight broke out in Ganja during what preliminary reports describe as an attempted bride kidnapping, leaving one person with...
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A possible visit by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to Baku would once have sounded impossible. Today, Azerbaijani commentator Elchin Alioglu...
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Azerbaijan’s hard response to the European Parliament should not be mistaken for a rupture with Europe.
Baku is not closing the door...
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Azerbaijan’s parliament on Friday suspended cooperation with the European Parliament in all areas and moved to end its participation in the...
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The International Monetary Fund’s latest Article IV consultation on Azerbaijan is not a crisis report. That may be the most important...
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The confrontation between the United States and Iran has moved beyond threats, missiles and warships. It has entered a slower, more...
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Azerbaijan does not have to justify its close relations with Ukraine to Moscow, Azerbaijani lawmaker Rasim Musabekov said, describing Ukrainian President...
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Armenia is approaching elections that could affect not only its domestic politics, but also the future of the peace process with Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani lawmaker...
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Azerbaijan should continue the peace agenda with Armenia, but must not assume that the old risks have disappeared, political analyst Ramiz Yunus said in...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Azerbaijan was not merely a bilateral diplomatic event, but a signal of a wider geopolitical realignment across the...
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Political analyst Vladimir Kopchak says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Baku was not just another diplomatic stop, but a public confirmation of a...
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Central Asia is moving closer to the center of global geopolitics.
The region was long viewed largely through the lens of outside powers: Russia,...
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Azerbaijan’s relations with the European Union are entering a more practical phase, with visa policy again becoming one of the most sensitive issues on...