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Ukraine War Will Decide Fate of Russian Influence in the Caucasus

AZE.US The future of Russian influence in the South Caucasus and across the former Soviet space will largely depend on the outcome of the war...

Azerbaijan Is Ready for Russian Pressure and Provocations, Namazov Says

AZE.US Azerbaijan is prepared for a possible increase in pressure from Russia, as it has resisted Moscow’s attempts to influence the country’s domestic and foreign...

Azerbaijan Has No Reason to Rely on Russia, Analyst Says

AZE.US Azerbaijan has little reason to base its regional policy on Russia, which has repeatedly shifted its positions and proven to be an unreliable partner,...

Putin Call Signals Baku’s Growing Regional Weight, Ukrainian Analyst Says

AZE.US Russia is increasingly being forced to treat Azerbaijan as an independent center of power rather than a country operating within Moscow’s traditional sphere of...

Putin’s Call to Aliyev May Have Been Linked to Caspian Security Risks

AZE.US Russian President Vladimir Putin’s telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev may have been connected to the recent strike on an Iranian commercial vessel...

Armenia Will Remain Vulnerable After Russia Leaves, Grigoryan Says

AZE.US Armenia could be left without meaningful security guarantees if Russia fully withdraws its military presence from the country, according to Arman Grigoryan, a professor...

Pashinyan Sends Russia a $2 Billion Railroad Bill

By AZE.US Editorial Team Armenia’s threat to seek $2 billion a year from Moscow is the loudest part of the dispute. But the real conflict...

Israel Will Not Risk Ties With Azerbaijan for Armenia, Expert Says

AZE.US Israel is unlikely to jeopardize its strategic partnership with Azerbaijan for the sake of symbolic political steps benefiting Armenia, according to Sergey Melkonyan, a...

Russia Has Shifted From Pressuring Pashinyan to “Punishing” Armenia

AZE.US Russia is intensifying economic pressure on Armenia in an effort to demonstrate that the country cannot maintain its current development path without close ties...

No Return to Previous Azerbaijan-Russia Relations, Analyst Says

AZE.US A recent phone call between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia shows that political dialogue at the highest level remains intact, but it does...

Azerbaijan Joins Central Asia’s Political Core

By AZE.US Editorial Team President Ilham Aliyev’s state visit to Kyrgyzstan was significant not only because Baku and Bishkek signed a treaty on allied relations. The...

Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan Become Allies

AZE.US Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan have formally elevated their bilateral relationship to the level of an alliance. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov signed...

Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan to Sign New Agreements

AZE.US Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan are expected to sign a package of bilateral documents during President Ilham Aliyev’s state visit to the Central Asian country. Aliyev arrived...

Israel Backed Away From Armenian Genocide Recognition After Pressure From Azerbaijan

AZE.US Israel halted the advancement of legislation recognizing the Armenian Genocide not only because of pressure from Baku but also because Azerbaijan’s strategic value has...

Trump Could Give Moscow an Ultimatum, Analyst Says

AZE.US U.S. President Donald Trump may send a senior representative to Moscow with a demand that Russia accept a ceasefire in Ukraine, Azerbaijani political analyst...

Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan Could Help Halt Military Transit Across the Caspian

AZE.US Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan could take the lead in efforts to stop the transportation of military cargo and the use of the Caspian Sea for...

Kremlin No Longer Has Serious Leverage Over Azerbaijan

AZE.US Russia no longer has significant tools to pressure Azerbaijan after Baku spent decades reducing its economic, transportation and political dependence on Moscow, Azerbaijani lawmaker...

Baku Accuses Russia’s Zakharova of Distorting Reality Over Karabakh Remarks

AZE.US Azerbaijan has rejected comments by Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova concerning Karabakh and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), describing them as a...

Moscow Forces Armenia to Choose: The EU or the EAEU

By AZE.US Editorial Team The July 27 phone call between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin should be viewed not as...

Putin’s Call to Aliyev Was More Than Diplomatic Routine

AZE.US Russian President Vladimir Putin’s July 28 phone call with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev should not be viewed as a routine diplomatic exchange, according to...

War Comes to the Caspian, Putting Azerbaijan’s Interests at Risk

By AZE.US Editorial Team Ukraine’s strike on a vessel linked to Russia-Iran military logistics has shattered the image of the Caspian Sea as an isolated...

Iran and Ukraine Are on the Brink of Direct War

By AZE.US Editorial Team A Ukrainian strike on an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea has pushed a long-running shadow conflict into the open, raising...

Tokayev Calls for End to War, Kremlin Rejects Proposal

AZE.US Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has called for an end to the war between Russia and Ukraine, urging both sides to freeze the fighting and...

Zolotaya Korona Halts Money Transfers From Russia to Azerbaijan

AZE.US The Zolotaya Korona payment system has stopped processing money transfers from Russia to Azerbaijan after its operator was targeted by new European Union sanctions. Azerbaijan...

Russia Cannot Accept Azerbaijan’s Sovereign Policy, Analyst Says

AZE.US The hostility displayed by some members of Russia’s expert community toward Baku reflects their inability to accept Azerbaijan as a fully independent state pursuing...

U.S. Unlikely to Launch Ground Operation in Iran, Analyst Says

AZE.US The United States is unlikely to launch a ground operation in Iran because such a campaign would carry the risk of heavy military casualties...

Berlin Sees Azerbaijan as a Gateway to Central Asia

AZE.US President Ilham Aliyev’s official visit to Germany has moved relations between Baku and Berlin to a new level, with military-technical cooperation emerging as one...

Russia Backed Down After Facing Azerbaijan’s Resistance, Expert Says

AZE.US Russian authorities long resisted treating Azerbaijan as a fully independent and equal partner, but Baku’s ability to defend its interests eventually forced Moscow to...

Kremlin No Longer Has Serious Leverage Over Azerbaijan, MP Says

AZE.US Russia no longer has significant tools to pressure Azerbaijan, a result of Baku’s decades-long effort to reduce its economic and transportation dependence on Moscow,...

Turkey Prevented Iran’s Partition, Analyst Says

AZE.US Turkey played a decisive role in preventing Iran’s breakup and opposed the creation of separate ethnic entities inside the country, including an Azerbaijani one,...

Moscow Is Trying to Restore Dialogue With Europe Through Baku

AZE.US A recent meeting in Baku between Russian representatives and former German officials may be part of a broader Kremlin effort to reopen informal channels...

Russia Will Not Regain Its Former Position in the South Caucasus

AZE.US The normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Russia does not mean a return to the old regional order, according to Azerbaijani analyst Farhad Mammadov...

Russian Society Remains Slave-Minded and Chauvinistic, Alioglu Says

AZE.US Most Russians are unlikely to protest against declining living standards because Russian society retains a feudal mentality and has grown accustomed to enduring deprivation,...

Azerbaijan Begins Gas Exports to Germany as Aliyev, Merz Deepen Ties

AZE.US President Ilham Aliyev and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz agreed to expand strategic, economic and energy cooperation during talks in Berlin. The two leaders signed documents...

Russia’s Most Dramatic Events Will Unfold Before Early September, Analyst Says

AZE.US The most consequential developments for Russia on the Ukrainian front could occur in July, August and early September, potentially affecting the country’s domestic political...

Baku No Longer Wants to Remain Only a Regional Player

By AZE.US Editorial Team For years, Azerbaijan was viewed internationally through a relatively narrow lens: the conflict with Armenia, energy exports to Europe, and its...

Russia Is Growing Weaker by the Month, Armenia Needs Peace With Azerbaijan

AZE.US Russia’s influence in the South Caucasus is steadily declining, while Armenia must move beyond decades of confrontation and build peaceful relations with Azerbaijan based...

Armenia Needs Routes Through Azerbaijan and Turkey to Grow

AZE.US Armenia will need reliable transport links through Azerbaijan and Turkey if it wants to expand exports, reduce its dependence on Russia and secure a...

Military Risks Could Move Closer to the Caspian Region

AZE.US The continuing expansion of military tensions surrounding Russia and Iran could bring new security risks closer to the Caspian region, Azerbaijani political analyst Farhad...

Baku Expands Its Diplomatic Role Between Moscow and Kyiv

AZE.US Azerbaijan is strengthening its position as an independent diplomatic actor capable of maintaining working relations with both Russia and Ukraine, according to Turkish political...

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