Following the so-called ‘44-Day War’ in late 2020 between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the conflicting parties lodged inter-State applications to the European Court of Human Rights (Court) alleging various breaches of the European Convention on Human Rights (European Convention) and international humanitarian law.
The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War beginning on September 27, 2020, and terminating on November 10 due to a fourth, Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement, resulted in a historic sea-change in the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict itself and has major implications for the international relations of both countries.
Whilst the EU is seen as a valuable partner for Azerbaijan and the South Caucasus, Baku has several concerns over perceived inconsistencies. In this op-ed, Vasif Huseynov says Azerbaijan welcomes Brussels playing a more active role in the region but argues that it must maintain balance in its relations with each of the countries.
Public activity is fraught with worries about the popularity ratings. Along with theorizing and practicing many ideas, actors within the public arena have to make sure they do not become an object of ridicule. Many a popular figure with a solid baggage of dividends has turned into an antihero overnight just because of one blunder.
Macron introduced the so-called "passe sanitaire", a Covid-19 health pass: starting in August, people will not be allowed into bars, restaurants, hospitals, nursing homes, trains and planes without one. Another measure makes vaccination mandatory for health workers. The people of France responded with mass protests.
Arya Aminipour, a literature student and linguaphile from northwest Tabriz city, speaks his mother tongue of Azeri-Turkish as fluently as he does Persian, Iran’s official language.
Azerbaijan and Israel enjoy strong relations underpinned by several factors, including security, trade, tourism and humanitarian cooperation. Israel is one of the main suppliers of the modern weapons that performed so well during the recent 44-days war when, in fall 2020, Azerbaijan managed to liberate its territories that were formerly occupied by Armenia.
In preparation for its Eastern Partnership Summit (EaP) in December, and after drastic regional shifts, the EU is trying hard to improve its position in the South Caucasus. In this commentary for commonspace.eu, Mahammad Mammadov unpacks the EU's strategy in Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, looking at what can be gleaned from its recent high-profile visits to the region and billions in newly declared financial assistance.
The Armenian occupation of Azerbaijani lands impacted many things, including the environment. Looking at the region today, the serious environmental, water supply and pollution problems speak for themselves.
In contrast, the Kremlin is primarily interested in the implementation of the trilateral agreements of November 9 and January 11 and has suggested postponing the issue of Karabakh’s status to the future.
As a result of the agreement signed in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in 1944, the US dollar became a reserve currency, because, in layperson’s terms, gold was difficult and dangerous to store. Since then, the US dollar has been a standard around the world.
Acceleration is a physical term, the word that translates from Latin roughly as "speeding up". Accelerationism is the idea in political and social theory that capitalism, or some processes associated with it, and technological change should be "accelerated" and drastically intensified to create radical social change.
Ever since Nikol Pashinyan came to power in Yerevan, Moscow officials have had a negative attitude toward Armenians, Grant Mikayelyan says; but now, in the wake of the fighting last year between Armenia and Azerbaijan, fighting in which Baku gained a decisive victory, they view the Armenians as “losers.”
As the sun sets on a Saturday evening in Queens, New York City, a cross-section of the world descends on a small piece of land behind a museum. Families meet up, children play together, and friends relax after a week of hard work.
Each side has blamed the other for provoking these escalations, meaning that the real motives behind this latest round of hostilities were not immediately clear.
As Turkey begins to realize the strategic potential of closer ties with Israel, it could rely on Azerbaijan to help facilitate a rapprochement.
The country has developed rapidly based on oil and gas revenues. But a new report says the country risks potential shocks if it continues to depend heavily on hydrocarbons.
Paradoxically, the Russian attempts to join the Turkic Council or engage other Turkic nations through the CSTO or EEU in order to provide a counterweight to Turkey is frequently interpreted as evidence of a budding Russo-Turkish regional alliance. In this perspective, Turkey and Russia are purportedly the core nations of a union between the Turkic and (Eastern) Slavic civilizations under the Eurasianist idea.
On July 12th 2020, Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry reported a military incident in the north-west of the country, namely the province of Tovuz, near the border with Armenia. Although the border shootouts are not infrequent in the said province and many considered it to be another, one-time incident, the situation soon got out of control and quickly grew into almost a full-scale war.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is traveling today to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). The president's statement, “I have good news,” drew everyone's attention to this visit.
A new project, Caspian Digital Hub, is planned to commence at the end of 2021. The project will enable data transfer from Europe to Asia through data centers in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, create an open information society in Eurasia, and improve Internet services in the region.
When the Okhchuchay River runs milky white, it means there has been another dangerous incident. The waterway begins in Armenia, passing through lands rich for mining, then flowing into Azerbaijan, where it feeds into one of its main irrigation systems – contaminating the food chain and threatening a fragile ecosystem.
Over the past several decades, international commerce has seen the blooming of several important global business hubs. From Hong Kong to Singapore, to Dubai, the common denominator of all these cities was a commitment by leaders to open their economic systems to the world--and make them as inviting as possible to the rest of the globe.
Despite these economic incentives for cooperation, hard security concerns continue to strain Iran and Azerbaijan’s relationship. In late June, Turkey and Azerbaijan began joint military drills in Baku.