In recent years, European politics has increasingly revealed a troubling tendency: instead of exerting pressure on the aggressor, efforts are often redirected toward those in a more vulnerable position.
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History rarely forgives those who try to pass off their own mistakes as external circumstances. Memory, like facts, is stubborn: it cannot be erased by loud statements or rewritten after the fact.
The visit of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš to Azerbaijan marks a strategic reset in bilateral relations after years of limited high-level engagement. It reflects shifting European energy priorities, expanding industrial and defense cooperation, and a broader transition toward long-term economic integration, diversification, and joint projects beyond traditional oil-based trade frameworks.
As Azerbaijan and Armenia discuss trade cooperation, Russia is muscling in. Baku should beware of Moscow’s charm offensive.
European parliamentary resolutions targeting Azerbaijan have triggered a strong diplomatic response from Baku, raising concerns over sovereignty, territorial integrity, and external interference in the peace process with Armenia. The timing, coinciding with EU negotiations, suggests potential political pressure, while highlighting broader tensions around post-conflict realities and competing narratives in the South Caucasus.
Of course, any country has the right to decide how much to pay its uniformed personnel. But the choice of beneficiaries—special forces, special operations, and intelligence units—is at the very least indicative and raises questions.
Larijani was the mastermind behind much of the Iranian regime’s policy and a man with a long history of oppressing the Azerbaijani nation.
What began as an intellectual vision of unity in language and culture a century ago is now translating into concrete cooperation across the Turkic world, officials said on April 19 at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. They highlighted joint initiatives and a UNESCO-backed recognition of Turkic languages.
On April 16–18, a high-level Azerbaijani delegation led by President Ilham Aliyev took part in the 5th Antalya Diplomacy Forum, which in recent years has established itself as one of the key platforms for informal alignment on the most sensitive issues of the international agenda.
Azerbaijan would not enter the conflict, but it would actively manage its consequences.
The United States needs to develop and implement a new Caucasus strategy to account for the region’s connectivity alternatives to the Persian Gulf.
At a time of sustained resistance by Baku to the Western practice of double standards, Azerbaijan has, to some extent, grown accustomed to this phenomenon with a sense of heightened readiness.
After more than three decades of closure, the Türkiye-Armenia border may soon reopen. A string of recent developments, including the launch of Turkish Airlines flights to Yerevan, agreements to simplify visa procedures, and moves toward direct land trade, suggest that normalization is shifting from cautious diplomacy toward practical implementation.
April 4 was International Mine Awareness Day. For much of the world, it is just another regular day, or at best a moment of reflection, a calendar entry, perhaps a social media post.
Over the past three decades, one of the most effective business platforms in the post-Soviet space has been established in the South Caucasus, combining the energy, transport-logistics, and agro-industrial potential of Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Iran’s official readout of the telephone conversation between Foreign Ministers Jeyhun Bayramov and Abbas Araghchi offers a revealing insight into Tehran’s current strategic messaging.
Armenia is living in a state of “countdown” to the parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7. Nikol Pashinyan has officially nominated a candidate for prime minister from his party.
As Azerbaijan is hit by drone attacks and its security forces claim to have arrested Iranian agents planning attacks against Israeli interests, fears of contagion in the Iranian war are rising. For Turkey, which has a defence alliance with Azerbaijan, its relationship with Baku is complicated by the latter's close ties with Israel.
The Caspian Sea is a critical transit zone for Central Asia, linking Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan and onward to European and Middle Eastern markets.
It should be noted that Tehran has for years consistently advanced the narrative that Israel may use Azerbaijani territory for intelligence activities and operations against Iran.
Diaspora activism continues to shape narratives around the Armenia–Azerbaijan peace process beyond the region. The Swiss case highlights growing institutional caution toward external political initiatives and a preference for pragmatic diplomacy.
The ‘Azerbaijani Way’ lights the path to a more stable region.
The United States and Israel’s war with Iran began on February 28, 2026. The intensity of the conflict has fluctuated, but daily reports of missile strikes and explosions are increasingly resonating across Central Asia.
As U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran enter their third week, the shockwaves are already racing across its northern frontier, placing Armenia and Azerbaijan on the front line of regional instability.
- Aliyev warns against attempts to present Islam as a threat
- Europe wants the Middle Corridor, but cannot bypass Azerbaijan
- Israeli Ambassador Ronen Kraus: Azerbaijan is an example for the world
- Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan move to strengthen Caspian connectivity
- Fiber-optic diplomacy: how Azerbaijan and Armenia are turning connectivity into peace
