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On April 29, Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, became the first post-Soviet leader to publicly distance himself from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It is the most recent and clearest example of how Russia’s southern neighbors gradually are carving out a more independent stance on the current war.

Since the very first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Turkey has become one of the conflict’s central actors. Ankara has explicitly criticized Moscow, closed the Bosporus and the Dardanelles to warships, and has kept providing essential political and military aid to Ukraine.

The West encourages Armenia's permissiveness. Armenia is allowed what no other state in the world is allowed.

Anti-Azerbaijan propaganda campaigns in Russia are another concern; some individuals have openly discussed the possibility of “a tactical nuclear missile attack” against Baku.

One has to wonder why the opposition is raging in the streets if it recognizes the new reality in the region. The answer is actually quite simple.

‘Frozen conflicts’ in Georgia and between Armenia and Azerbaijan could relapse into violence, but there is also an opening for a diplomatic reset.

Turkey and Armenia's third round of rapprochement talks have produced little of substance as Armenians protested by in the thousands and called for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign.

Convulsing in a fit of hysteria, the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) keeps trying to pressure the US government, including Biden, to reduce aid to Azerbaijan, but increase it for Armenia and the fictional, non-existent "Artsakh".

The street movement unleashed by the revanchists in Armenia to overthrow Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, according to its organizers, has been in its "crucial phase" for three days now.

Since late September 2021, when Iran-Azerbaijan relations hit a low point, Tehran and Baku have engaged in a process of de-escalation.

While the Kremlin is busy in the west, developments to the south promise further threats to its aggressive policy in the borderlands.

Officially, the visit of Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman to Azerbaijan focused on exporting wheat to Israel, but reports suggest that the minister also discussed strategic and energy issues.

In order to bring lasting peace to the region, along with different reconciliation initiatives, the West should think seriously about addressing the criminal elements lurking in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Since the end of the Second World War, no fighting in Europe has been as devastating as the Russia-declared war in Ukraine, shaking the political stability and balance of the global economy.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's recent visit to Moscow was not a momentous event even for Armenia, let alone Russia itself.

With the backdrop of Russia’s war in Ukraine, an increasing number of experts are warning of worldwide food shortages. Some experts say the war will put long-term food security in jeopardy.

The former conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the South Caucasus was a major threat to stability and economic integration in the region.

Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, the international expert community continues to rethink Azerbaijan's victory in the Second Karabakh War.

In the days since the Brussels summit of the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on April 6, diplomatic activity around the peace process between the two countries has intensified.

As Western sanctions against Russia continue to mount, observers in Azerbaijan are concerned about the potential ramifications in a country with close economic ties to Moscow.