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Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Deal Faces Hurdles March 25, 2025

Armenia and Azerbaijan have finalized the text of a long-awaited “Agreement on Peace and Establishment of Interstate Relations.” The announcement came unexpectedly from Baku and was confirmed soon after by Yerevan....

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How Campus Activism on Israel-Palestine Warps Global Security Priorities March 24, 2025

Thanks to university-driven activism over the Israel-Palestine conflict, the war in Gaza has politically sidelined the West’s commitment to global security in other regions of the world.Israel-Palestine is one of the few conflicts that inspires activ...

The Push to ‘Normalize’ Relations With Azerbaijan and Israel March 24, 2025

With President Donald Trump sending mixed messages on Iran — on the one hand, reinstating his “maximum pressure” campaign and threatening military action; on the other, signaling an eagerness to negotiate — anti-diplomacy voices are working overtime ...

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Azerbaijan-Armenia Peace Deal Looms at Last March 17, 2025

Constitutional changes and unresolved territorial issues stand in the way of a lasting agreement ...

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Azerbaijan Plummets Deeper Into Authoritarianism March 15, 2025

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) recently announced that Azerbaijan ordered it to leave the country. The United States and the rest of the international community must not sit idly by....

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Armenia and Azerbaijan Agree on Historic Peace Treaty March 14, 2025

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Armenian-Azerbaijani Relations in 2025 January 09, 2025

After several decades of violence and destruction, it appears the political climate in the Caucasus is changing. On December 31, the Russian Federation announced that it had withdrawn its soldiers from the Armenian-Iranian border. Russian troops had ...

Russia ‘Guilty’ Over Downed Azerbaijan Plane, Aliyev Says January 06, 2025

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NATO Disgraces Itself in Azerbaijan October 22, 2024

The alliance is happy to turn a blind eye to the ethnic cleansing of Armenians—so long as Baku is aligned against Tehran. ...

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Biden Admin Praise for Azerbaijan in Run-up to COP29 October 21, 2024

Rep. Chris Smith, a leading human rights advocate in Congress, is calling out the Biden administration for praising the Azerbaijan government ahead of a global climate change conference the regime is hosting, after the brutal murder of one of the tot...

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Why Is the West Comfortable With Azerbaijan October 12, 2024

In principle, we do not like autocrats. We also clearly condemn ethnic cleansing practices. And in theory, authoritarian regimes ruled by despotic families are the exact opposite of what we stand for. In practice, however, things are quite different....

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How To Prevent the Next Azerbaijan-Armenia War October 09, 2024

There’s a chance to avert a brewing conflict over the so-called ‘Zankezur Corridor,’ particularly with US, EU help ...

The Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Treaty is ‘Within Reach’ October 02, 2024

September 2024 marks the fourth anniversary of the Second Karabakh War and the first anniversary of Azerbaijan’s “anti-terror operation” against the Armenian separatist contingency in the Karabakh region, and peace negotiations between Armenia and Az...

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U.S. & Turkey Offer Support for Peace Between Armenia and Azerbaijan September 21, 2024

This week, Azerbaijan held a conference on the “Modern Challenges to the Security of Global Transport Networks.” Over 50 representatives and foreign officials attended the forum. During the event, participants stressed the importance of “expanding in...

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The World Comes to Azerbaijan September 21, 2024

Sept. 19 marks the one-year anniversary of Azerbaijan's attack on Nagorno-Karabakh, which led to the expulsion of its 120,000 ethnic Armenians. So this is a good week to contemplate how it could possibly be that the world community decided shortly th...

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The Armenian Catastrophe September 21, 2024

For the first time in over a millennium, there are no Armenians left in Nagorno-Karabakh. They survived the Mongol and Arab invasions and the age of empires, when tsars, shahs and sultans fought for this strategic intersection of trade routes and mil...

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Inside the Iran-Russia Tensions Over an Azerbaijan Transport Corridor September 18, 2024

Azerbaijan Holds Elections September 02, 2024

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Iran Tries Rapprochement With Azerbaijan August 19, 2024

Skepticism remains, but regional geopolitics are pushing Iran and Azerbaijan to complete their rapprochement. ...

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Armenia and Azerbaijan Hold Peace Talks July 26, 2024

Following a tense spring, it appears that Armenian and Azerbaijani officials are making progress on a peace agreement. Earlier this month, foreign ministers from both countries gathered in Washington to discuss the peace process in further detail. U....

Azerbaijan Should Pay a Price for Its Ethnic Cleansing July 18, 2024

Last September, Azerbaijani forces attacked the self-governing enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and within days all 120,000 ethnic Armenians fled their ancestral homeland, most becoming refugees in neighboring Armenia. Azerbaijan called it a voluntary ex...

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Azerbaijan Reopens Embassy in Iran July 15, 2024

Forgotten Wars: The Nagorno-Karabakh Crisis May 30, 2024

After the intense conflict of 2020 in which Azerbaijan recovered much of the territory lost in the 1990s, the region is still the scene of clashes and tensions. Despite the ceasefire brokered by Russia, a lasting peace still seems far off.During 2023...

Armenia Returns Four Border Villages to Azerbaijan as Part of Deal May 24, 2024

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Armenia and Azerbaijan Step up Work on Peace Deal May 22, 2024

The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met for bilateral negotiations in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in April, following the start of the delimitation of the two countries’ shared interstate border....

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