Azerbaijan authoritarianism

Azerbaijan: Detained journalists report physical abuse

Azerbaijan

December 01, 2025

They claim that the head of the convoy at the Baku Court of Appeals pushed and kicked journalists while escorting them to the courtroom or back to the holding cells.

First Azerbaijan–US think-tank forum: participants, significance and criticism

Azerbaijan

November 21, 2025

Azerbaijan’s analysts fall into three groups — exiled experts, Soviet-era researchers and state-funded GONGOs — making independent, influential analysis hard to achieve.

Collapse of old elite? How Ramiz Mehtiev’s arrest is changing Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

November 14, 2025

The event is seen as a key signal of a fundamental shift in both Azerbaijan’s internal political structure and its longstanding relationship with Moscow.