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Renewed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh

After three decades of unsuccessful international mediation, conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh has resumed. What has changed in the meantime, however, is Azerbaijan’s relative strength. With oil revenue financing arms purchases, as well as substantial support from Turkey, Baku is determined to settle the matter through military means.

Turkey-Russia conflict has implications for the South Caucasus
When Turkey shot down a Russian warplane in November, the ensuing conflict between the two countries had ripple effects in the South Caucasus and beyond. Turkey made a strong statement of its readiness to defend its interests in a turbulent neighborhood, reinforcing its status as a regional power to be ...


The competing interests of Azerbaijan and Russia and the implications for regional development
Azerbaijan is using its pivotal location and its energy wealth to maintain a stance of independence while pursuing its own regional objectives and minimising foreign intervention in its domestic policies. A central pillar of the country’s policy has been to limit Moscow’s ability to influence its vital gas and oil ...


Russia's President Putin fails to turn up the heat on Azerbaijan
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s first visit to Azerbaijan in more than seven years reflected the complex and sometimes strained relationship between the two oil producing countries - highlighted by Azerbaijan’s westward-oriented energy focus. But Moscow is intent on continuing its efforts to keep Azerbaijan in its sphere of influence while ...


War against Iran could set the Caucasus ablaze
Azerbaijan – on Iran’s northern border – is developing increasingly close relationships with Israel, the US and other western countries – a move which is unsettling Tehran. And should any war break out against the Islamic Republic, it is likely to involve Azerbaijan which could set the whole of the ...
