Azerbaijan

Opinion – Iran’s Increasing Use of Azerbaijanis for Covert Operations

Rufat Ahmadzada • Aug 11 2025 • Articles

The IRGC Quds force actively uses foreign nationals to conduct espionage and terror attacks, with a particular focus on the ethnic Azerbaijani regions of Georgia.

Opinion – Peace and Power Realignment in the South Caucasus

Ali Askerov • Aug 10 2025 • Articles

With support, the South Caucasus can emerge from Russia’s shadow and embrace a new era of cooperation, development, and regional ownership.

Opinion – For Lasting Peace Armenia Needs to Remove Territorial Claims From Its Constitution

Rufat Ahmadzada • Mar 29 2025 • Articles

The draft agreement on peace does not address reparations and responsibility for the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Omens for the South Caucasus in the 2024 US Presidential Election

Intigam Mamedov • Aug 19 2024 • Articles

Beyond the US election result, the attention to the South Caucasus depends on which role the emerging regional order will play in a changing global security architecture.

Opinion – Washington-Baku Cooperation Towards COP29 in a Fragmented World

Wilder Alejandro Sánchez • Jun 23 2024 • Articles

COP29 comes amidst an increasingly fragmented and violent global (dis)order, giving the Azerbaijani presidency the monumental task of convincing participants to put their differences aside.

Triumph in Defeat: Inaugurating a New Era for Azerbaijan and Armenia

M. Hakan Yavuz • Feb 14 2024 • Articles

As the Caucasus nations aim to develop their regional identity, addressing multiple issues beyond the Karabakh conflict is essential for achieving sustainable peace.

Opinion – Why Armenia and Azerbaijan Diverge on the Zangezur Corridor

Mehmet Fatih Oztarsu • Feb 7 2024 • Articles

While both Azerbaijan and Armenia share long-term regional goals, their differing views on creating a transportation corridor impede progress towards a peace agreement.

Opinion – The Choice in Nagorno-Karabakh: Ethnic Cleansing or Self-Determination?

Vahagn Avedian • Sep 22 2023 • Articles

The reality of ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh has reached such evident heights that EU representatives have for the first time mentioned it explicitly.

The Politicization of Genocide: Is There a Genocide in Karabakh?

M. Hakan Yavuz • Sep 20 2023 • Articles

The secessionist stance adopted by some Karabakh Armenians seems to lack rationality or pragmatism when viewed through a socio-political lens.

Opinion – Environmental Loss and Repression in Iran

Wilder Alejandro Sánchez • Aug 15 2023 • Articles

Environmental challenges in Iran, like dangerous levels of air pollution in Tabriz, the pollution of the Aras River, and the dying Lake Urmia, make the life of Azerbaijanis even worse.

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