After a prolonged political isolation, Damascus has broken the barrier of loneliness and is stepping towards establishing relations with its counterparts, in an attempt to regain its international standing.
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Fars News Agency, closely affiliated with the IRGC, used Eurovision to highlight Baku’s growing ties with Israel and amplify anti-Israel rhetoric.
Azerbaijan’s long-standing, strategic ties with Israel make it a strong candidate for the next Abraham Accords signatory, offering Washington a valuable opportunity to expand regional normalization beyond the Gulf.
A greater Azerbaijani role in Syria could help Damascus navigate between Turkey, Israel, Iran, and Russia.
From May 25 to 26, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha will visit Azerbaijan — his first trip in this position and the first visit by a Ukrainian foreign minister in the last three years.
On May 7, Azerbaijan announced that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev would not attend Moscow’s May 9 Victory Day parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.
The Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, once a vibrant area of cultural and economic significance, still bears the scars of nearly three decades of Armenian occupation.
The South Caucasus is gradually turning into a subtle arena of rivalry between two Asian giants — China and India. The competition between the world’s two most populous countries is taking the form of economic and infrastructure initiatives.
Over the past couple of decades, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) and its subsidiaries have invested billions in post-Soviet countries and far abroad states.
Beijing’s deepening economic footprint is reorienting region’s geopolitical compass as Western powers misplay their hands.
Baku is systematically building strategic partnerships with countries in the region, with China, Central Asia, and the Far East. This does not hinder expanding ties with the EU, contributing to responsible globalization.
The formal pretext for this escalation was the support shown by Azerbaijan and Turkey to Pakistan during its recent armed conflict with India in Kashmir.
The sixth EPC summit in Tirana marks a key moment in Azerbaijan’s evolving diplomatic strategy. Building on past engagements and direct negotiations, Baku asserts itself as a regional power with growing global recognition.
Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Zimbabwe were officially established on October 24, 2008, with the signing of a Protocol on the establishment of diplomatic ties.
As political commentators speculate when Saudi Arabia will normalize ties with Israel, two other candidates have emerged as potential partners to the Abraham Accords: Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
Sources tell "Globes" that until most recently, Azerbaijan has been pushing for a three-way summit in Baku with President Ilham Aliyev hosting Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Appointed earlier this year as the Kremlin’s curator for separatist regions — Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria — as well as Moldova and Armenia, Sergei Kiriyenko, First Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration and chief political strategist of the Kremlin, has actively embarked on his mission.
Azerbaijan stands to gain from closer engagement with the Global South, said Farid Shafiyev, Chairman of the Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center).
On April 25, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas paid a visit to Azerbaijan. This was the first visit of the EU’s top diplomat to Baku in the past nine years.
Since gaining independence from the former Soviet Union, the Republic of Azerbaijan has adopted a multi-vector foreign policy approach that emphasizes maintaining balanced and diversified relations with multiple global powers.
The geopolitical landscape of the Indo-Pacific region is increasingly shaped by the evolving India-U.S. strategic partnership aimed at counterbalancing China’s growing influence.
Bulgaria and Türkiye occupy strategic positions as energy transit corridors linking producers in the Caspian and Middle East regions to European markets. For decades, this shared geography gave rise to competition rather than cooperation.
According to Zulfugarov, the upcoming elections in Armenia bring renewed focus on who will lead the country and what direction it will take.
How much longer can we remain silent? Why has Moscow not yet punished those responsible for the attack on the AZAL passenger plane?
