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What might U.S. want and need from South Caucasus under Trump? View from Baku

Azerbaijan-Armenia-Georgia

February 12, 2025

Under Trump, the U.S. will aim to curb Russian and Iranian influence in the South Caucasus while securing access to Central Asia, according to analysts from the South Caucasus Research Center.

Who wants to overthrow Putin—and how? Views from Baku

Russia

January 30, 2025

A key question is how Trump’s stance on Putin’s Russia will shift, especially after Tucker Carlson claimed Biden’s administration had plans to eliminate the Russian president.

Opinion from Baku: Middle East drifts closer to South Caucasus

Azerbaijan

January 23, 2025

An Azerbaijani analyst notes that over the past three decades, the South Caucasus has deepened its ties with Eastern Europe, the post-Soviet space, the Middle East, and Central Asia.

Opinion from Baku: What could Russia-Iran's closer ties mean for South Caucasus? 

Iran

January 14, 2025

Russia and Iran are set to sign a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement. What new developments will follow the signing?

Assad's fall and new Middle East era: perspective from Baku

Azerbaijan

December 09, 2024

How will the change of power in Syria shape the country’s future, impact the geopolitical situation in the Middle East, and influence the regulation of the new balance of power in the region?

Did Pashinyan “surrender” Karabakh again? Armenian PM's statements spark criticism

Armenia

December 28, 2021

Armenian PM Pashinyan's statements on settlement of Karabakh conflict, which note that Nagorno-Karabakh has never been regarded as "exclusively Armenian formation" spark criticism

Commentary from Yerevan: Why the fighting continues at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border?

Azerbaijan-Armenia

July 29, 2021

As tensions at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border continue, experts from Armenia assess their causes and possible ways of resolving the ongoing crisis