Analysis

In Yerevan, They Are Playing With Fire: Chingiz Abdullayev’s Stark Warning

AZE.US Azerbaijani People’s Writer Chingiz Abdullayev issued one of his sharpest warnings yet about Armenia’s internal political climate, saying the region should not confuse tactical...

South Caucasus Enters A Dangerous Turn: Everything Depends On Armenia’s Elections

AZE.US Armenia’s upcoming parliamentary elections are no longer just an internal political event. They are becoming a regional stress test. The South Caucasus is entering a...

Azerbaijan Has Entered An Economic Slowdown Zone, Jafarli Says

AZE.US Azerbaijan has entered a zone of economic slowdown, according to Natig Jafarli, chairman of the REAL party, who says the latest data point to...

Ahead Lies A Turkey-Israel Conflict, Rzakuliyev Says

AZE.US Azerbaijani political analyst Rashad Rzakuliyev said the war and diplomatic tension around Iran could reshape the balance of power across the Middle East and...

Why Pressure On Iran Could Spiral Beyond Control

AZE.US Washington may see maritime pressure as a cleaner alternative to a wider war, but strategies built around economic strangulation rarely stay contained for long. After...

Iran Will Not Be An Easy Neighbor For Baku After The War

AZE.US The 40-day war around Iran may be over, but for Azerbaijan this is no moment for complacency. The biggest mistake in situations like this is...

Islamabad Is Not Peace, But a Pause: What U.S.-Iran Talks Could Deliver

AZE.US Direct U.S.-Iran talks in Islamabad matter not because the two sides are suddenly on the verge of reconciliation, but because both appear to be...

Top 100 Taxpayers Expose The Main Weakness In Azerbaijan’s Economy

AZE.US Azerbaijan’s State Tax Service has published its list of the country’s 100 largest taxpayers for 2025. The ranking lays bare something that has been discussed...

Hormuz Is No Longer A Guarantee: The Middle East Is Being Prepared For A New Energy Map

AZE.US The war around Iran is no longer just a military story or a market story. It is increasingly becoming an infrastructure story. The more...

Washington Should Distance Itself From Tel Aviv, Tucker Carlson Says

AZE.US Tucker Carlson has called on Washington to put distance between itself and Tel Aviv, arguing that the United States should stop treating Israel as...

Armenia Could End Up Declaring War on Azerbaijan, Aysin Says

AZE.US Any political force in Armenia that calls for additional territory is, in effect, calling for a new war with Azerbaijan, political analyst and columnist...

Trump And Political Barbarism Under The Cover Of Strength

AZE.US There are moments when political language stops being harsh and starts becoming morally disfiguring. Donald Trump crossed that line when he warned that “a...

South Caucasus Enters More Independent Political Phase, Huseynov Says

AZE.US The South Caucasus is entering a period of more independent politics, political analyst Rizvan Huseynov said in an interview on the Novosti Kavkaza YouTube...

Pashinyan’s Messaging After Putin Meeting Is Aimed At Armenia’s Voters, Iskandaryan Says

AZE.US Political analyst Alexander Iskandaryan said on Echo Baku that statements made by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, including during and after his meeting with...

Trump Promised a Quick Victory. Instead, He Got His Own Ukraine in the Middle East

AZE.US Donald Trump built much of his political brand on a simple promise: America would stop getting dragged into long, expensive foreign wars. He mocked...

Karabakh Issue Is Reappearing in Armenian Politics Before Elections

AZE.US Baku-based political analyst Farhad Mammadov said Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s visit to Moscow was not a routine diplomatic stop, but part of a...

Pashinyan-Putin Meeting Exposed New Risks For Azerbaijan, Mammadov Says

AZE.US Azerbaijani political commentator Ilgar Mammadov said the recent meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed potential new risks...

Russia Is Hitting Armenia And Azerbaijan At The Same Time, Namazov Says

AZE.US Azerbaijani political analyst Eldar Namazov said Russia is effectively putting pressure on both Armenia and Azerbaijan at the same time, arguing that Moscow is...

Pashinyan Heads Into Elections Amid Harsh Internal Confrontation

AZE.US Armenia is heading toward its June 7, 2026 parliamentary election in an atmosphere of sharp internal confrontation, with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan entering the...

Iran Plays The Hormuz Card, But May End Up Hitting Itself

AZE.US REAL party chairman Natig Jafarli says Iran’s attempt to use the Strait of Hormuz as leverage may work during wartime, but could quickly turn...

Trump Moves Toward The Final Phase Of The Iran War

AZE.US A month into the war with Iran, the central illusion has collapsed: this was never going to end with a quick, clean declaration of...

Regional Powers Have Started “Their Own Game” Amid Iran War, Velizade Says

AZE.US The war in Iran has triggered regional dynamics that would have seemed unlikely not long ago, political analyst Ilgar Velizade wrote in a Facebook...

Iran Is Neither A Friend Nor An Enemy For Azerbaijan Right Now, Lawyer Says

AZE.US Prominent Azerbaijani lawyer Akram Hasanov has weighed in on the debate over how Azerbaijan should view Iran as war and instability continue to shake...

Iran War Widens as Houthis Open New Front and Pakistan Pushes Diplomacy

AZE.US The war around Iran widened further on March 29, as military escalation, oil market panic and last-minute diplomacy all intensified at once. Reporting from...

Iran Did Not Break: The War Is Entering Its Most Dangerous Phase, Hasanov Says

AZE.US Azerbaijani lawyer Akram Hasanov says the fourth week of the war against Iran ended without the outcome its opponents were likely counting on. Despite...

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