While Azerbaijan strengthens ties with Turkey, Israel, and China, it maintains strategic autonomy and broad diplomatic outreach. Armenia, once heavily dependent on Russia, is now moving closer to the West.

The war with Israel brought Iran’s unresolved relationship with Azerbaijan back to the forefront.

Armenia stands to gain economically, but domestic opposition and threats from Russia must be weighed by the country’s prime minister.

There was a time when France evoked a breeze of romance, philosophy, and freedom. A time when Dumas, Hugo, and Voltaire dazzled the world with their masterpieces — works that will forever remain in the annals of history.

Former Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Tofig Zulfugarov recently published a Facebook post that sparked strong reactions within Russian nationalist circles.

Azerbaijan is asserting its informational sovereignty amid growing tensions with Russia. The collapse of the shared post-Soviet media space reflects deeper shifts in identity, memory politics, and national security priorities.

The question now is whether Moscow will forgive Pashinyan’s earlier maneuvers or attempt to replace him with someone more obedient. And it doesn’t necessarily have to be Samvel Karapetyan.

With Azerbaijan defying Russia, the region has the opportunity to clinch a historic peace deal.

Azerbaijani-Russian relations face their worst crisis in decades, fueled by geopolitical rivalry, energy competition, media warfare, and Russia’s aggression, culminating in a deadly airliner incident and deep diplomatic fractures.

In recent months, tensions have been mounting once again in the South Caucasus due to Russia’s increasingly assertive foreign policy toward Azerbaijan.