South Caucasus

Closed Borders Are Hurting Azerbaijan’s Tourism Industry

AZE.US Foreign visitors spent nearly 281 million manats less in Azerbaijan during the first five months of 2026, prompting renewed criticism of the country’s continued...

Armenia Does Not Want to Be Drawn Into Israel’s Dispute With Turkey

AZE.US Armenia has taken a deliberately cautious position following the Israeli government’s decision to recognize the Armenian genocide, seeking to avoid becoming part of the...

Analysis: Azerbaijan Faces Four Months of Strategic Waiting

AZE.US Azerbaijan is entering a four-month period of strategic waiting as uncertainty grows across several international disputes affecting the South Caucasus, according to Farhad Mammadov,...

The Enemy Image Survived the War: What Keeps Armenians and Azerbaijanis Apart

AZE.US The war may be over, but the image of the enemy remains deeply rooted in both Azerbaijani and Armenian society. Alexander Iskandaryan, director of the...

Azerbaijan Seeks to Preserve Balance Between Turkey and Israel

AZE.US Growing tensions between Turkey and Israel are becoming part of a broader struggle for influence in the Middle East, while Azerbaijan is seeking to...

Kocharyan Turned The Genocide Issue Into A Political Tool

AZE.US The politicization of the Armenian Genocide issue was one of the mistakes of Armenia’s foreign policy and for years complicated normalization with Turkey, Armenian...

Israel’s Recognition Move Is A Signal To Turkey – Stepanian

AZE.US Israel’s government-level move on recognizing the Armenian Genocide is primarily a political signal to Turkey, Armenian political commentator David Stepanian said in an interview...

Syrian Lesson For The South Caucasus, According To Suleimanov

AZE.US In a new episode of “News From The Caucasus,” journalist and researcher Ruslan Suleimanov discussed Syria, Lebanon and the lessons the South Caucasus can...

Pashinyan Refuses To React To Israel’s Recognition Of Armenian Genocide

AZE.US Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Yerevan does not consider it necessary to respond to the Israeli government’s decision to recognize the Armenian genocide...

Kazakhstan Shows How To Build Ties With EU Without Breaking With Russia

AZE.US Azerbaijani political analyst Ilgar Velizade, head of the South Caucasus Political Scientists Club, said Kazakhstan’s cooperation with the European Union shows that a country...

Recognition As A Lever: Why Israel Is Reopening An Old Wound Now

By AZE.US Editorial Team History rarely returns to international politics on its own. More often, it is brought back when it becomes useful. That is exactly...

Middle Corridor Does Not Come Together Without Azerbaijan, Mammadov Says

AZE.US Political analyst Farhad Mammadov said European institutions cannot ignore Azerbaijan’s role in the Middle Corridor, even if Brussels often underestimates that role in its...

It Is Time For Armenians To Visit Baku And Azerbaijanis To Visit Yerevan

By AZE.US Editorial Team The visit of Gor Azizyan, coach of UFC fighter Sharabutdin Magomedov, to Baku has triggered a familiar wave of emotion. Some...

The European Union Talks About The South Caucasus, But Forgets Azerbaijan

By AZE.US Editorial Team The European Union appears eager to present Armenia as its new success story in the South Caucasus. Brussels wants to show...

Without Common Agenda, Region Risks Losing To External Players, Alili Says

AZE.US The South Caucasus and Central Asia need a shared regional agenda, otherwise outside powers will be able to influence and slow down integration processes,...

If Yerevan Does Not Want Peace, That Is Armenia’s Problem, Namik Aliyev Says

AZE.US Political analyst, Doctor of Law and Professor Namik Aliyev said that Armenia is more interested than anyone else in moving forward with the peace...

Armenia Already Tying Strategic Projects To Peace With Azerbaijan, Musabekov Says

AZE.US Armenia is already linking some of its strategic projects to peaceful and mutually beneficial relations with Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani MP Rasim Musabekov said in an...

Armenia Must Learn To Adapt Quickly To Modern Warfare, Arakelyan Says

AZE.US Armenia must move beyond simply purchasing new weapons and learn how to adapt quickly to the realities of modern warfare, Armenian military analyst Eduard...

Baku Expresses Strong Protest To Council Of Europe Over ECHR Ruling

AZE.US The head of the Council of Europe Office in Baku, Petr Zich, was summoned to Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry over a recent ruling by the...

Georgian Dream Is Leading The Country Toward Dictatorship, Mikiashvili Says

AZE.US Marika Mikiashvili, international secretary of Georgia’s opposition Droa party, said the ruling Georgian Dream party is pushing the country toward dictatorship and that Georgian...

External Players Obstruct Peace Between Azerbaijan And Armenia, Mammadov Says

AZE.US In a new episode of the “Events of the Week” program on Press Club TV, experts Farhad Mammadov from Baku and Areg Kochinyan from...

Pashinyan Gave Baku Reasons To Doubt His Peace Commitment

AZE.US Azerbaijani political analyst Eldar Namazov says Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has himself created the conditions that make many in Azerbaijan question whether he...

Pashinyan Needs To Change Constitution Not Only For Peace With Azerbaijan

AZE.US Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan needs to change the country’s constitution not only because of a future peace agreement with Azerbaijan, but also because...

Opposition Demands Armenia Election Results Be Annulled

AZE.US Armenia’s post-election tensions are deepening as opposition forces move to challenge the results of the June 7 parliamentary vote in the Constitutional Court. The opposition...

Azerbaijan Will Not Sign Peace Without Resolving Armenia’s Constitutional Problem, Mammadov Says

AZE.US Azerbaijan will not sign a peace treaty with Armenia unless the constitutional issue linked to territorial claims is resolved, political analyst Farhad Mammadov said...

Azerbaijanis Have A Legal Right To Return To Armenia – Namik Aliyev

AZE.US Political analyst, doctor of law and professor Namik Aliyev has said that the return of Azerbaijanis to Armenia is a legal right, not a...

Baku And Yerevan Return To Direct Dialogue After Armenia’s Elections

AZE.US The victory of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s party in the parliamentary elections has not resolved all questions surrounding the peace process with Azerbaijan,...

Peace Deal With Armenia May Stall Again Over Constitution

AZE.US The Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process could face another delay because Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s ruling party does not have enough seats to independently push...

Russian Border Guards Become a Problem for TRIPP Route, Navasardyan Says

Navasardyan said the full functioning of TRIPP would be difficult without resolving this question. In his view, the same problem may also affect the possible restoration of the Gyumri-Kars railway, which connected Armenia and Turkey during the Soviet period but has been closed since the early 1990s.

Moscow Delays Congratulations to Pashinyan as Armenia-Russia Tensions Enter New Phase

AZE.US Moscow’s silence after Armenia’s parliamentary elections has become a political signal of its own. While many foreign leaders have already congratulated Prime Minister Nikol...

Armenia’s Elections Do Not Block Peace Process With Azerbaijan – Namazov

AZE.US Political analyst Eldar Namazov says Armenia’s parliamentary election results do not block the peace process with Azerbaijan, even though Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s team...

Russia Can No Longer Dominate the South Caucasus – Musabekov

AZE.US Azerbaijani lawmaker Rasim Musabekov has said that Russia’s era of dominance in the South Caucasus is coming to an end, arguing that Armenia’s post-election...

A Dilijan Signal: Peace Between Baku and Yerevan Is Again a Real Scenario

By AZE.US Editorial Team The meeting between Azerbaijani presidential aide Hikmat Hajiyev and Armenian Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan in Dilijan was more than another...

Pashinyan Won, Moscow Lost, But Peace With Azerbaijan Remains in Question

By AZE.US Editorial Team Nikol Pashinyan’s election victory in Armenia is being widely read as more than a domestic political result. For many observers, it...

Why Are Salaries in Azerbaijan Lower Than in Armenia? Jafarli

AZE.US Azerbaijan should move from complaining about economic problems to taking real action, economist and politician Natig Jafarli wrote on Facebook. Jafarli said the rise in...

Kocharyan Barred From Leaving Armenia as Post-Election Tensions Continue

AZE.US Former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan has been barred from leaving Armenia, according to regional reports, in the latest sign that the country’s post-election tensions...

Hajiyev and Grigoryan Meet in Armenia’s Dilijan to Discuss Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Agenda

AZE.US Azerbaijani presidential aide Hikmet Hajiyev and Armenian Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan held a working meeting in Dilijan, Armenia, on June 14. The two officials...

Pashinyan Won, but Peace With Azerbaijan Is Still Not Settled

AZE.US Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has secured another political victory, but that does not mean the peace process with Azerbaijan is complete. Political analyst Rizvan...

Why Baku-Tbilisi Airfares Have Increased

AZE.US Airfares from Baku to Tbilisi have risen sharply for nearby travel dates, with some tickets now reaching 246 manats (about $145). Prices on the route...

Armenia Did Not Choose the West Against Russia After Elections

AZE.US Armenia’s election result should not be read as a sharp geopolitical turn from Russia toward the West, Armenian political analyst Aram Safaryan said, arguing...

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