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Le président Ilham Aliyev est un dirigeant rationnel qui pourrait conclure qu’il est préférable de conclure des accords mutuellement avantageux avec la Russie et l’Iran pour résoudre le dilemme sécuritaire de l’Azerbaïdjan, centré sur l’Accord sur les ADPIC, plutôt que de mettre en péril l’avenir de son pays pour faire …

Nothing of tangible significance was achieved despite two years of reported talks. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev revealed during a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that former German officials held secret talks with Russian officials in Baku in mid-July without his knowledge. An investigation by German media revealed that …

A drive by the U.S. and Europe to explore oil and gas opportunities with Azerbaijan must not come at the expense of ignoring human rights restrictions in the gas- and oil-rich post-Soviet state, a jailed opposition figure has told Newsweek. Ali Karimli, chairman of the opposition Azerbaijani Popular Front Party …

Les États-Unis continuent de mener leur politique, mise en œuvre depuis des décennies, visant à maintenir leur primauté mondiale en encerclant et en contenant leurs rivaux, comme le décrit un article du New York Times de 1992 intitulé «Le plan stratégique américain vise à empêcher l’émergence de rivaux». Dans le …

Azerbaijan is rapidly approaching the United States and NATO as Washington shifts its geopolitical attention from the Russian-Ukrainian war to the South Caucasus. Azerbaijan’s expanding military, political and strategic cooperation with the West risks turning the region into a new center of geopolitical confrontation with the participation of Russia, Iran …

L’adhésion officieuse de l’Azerbaïdjan à l’OTAN, via sa conformité aux normes du bloc et son alliance avec la Turquie, s’est désormais étendue à une alliance de facto avec l’Ukraine, ce qui accroît naturellement l’évaluation de la menace que représente l’Azerbaïdjan pour la Russie. La Russie et l’Azerbaïdjan sont parvenus à …

A brief and poorly explained landing of a U.S. military transport aircraft in Tbilisi at the end of March 2026 has become a subject of discussion and speculation about its real significance, fueling suspicions that more complex geopolitical signals may lie behind the official explanation of a “routine flight.” Let’s …

Turkey seeks to position itself as a key peacemaker and regional hub in the South Caucasus. To achieve this, Ankara should move beyond nationalist rhetoric toward a more pragmatic, strategic approach rooted in the international legal order. Armenia-Azerbaijan-Turkey relations resemble the proverbial Gordian knot—the famous tangled rope in an ancient …

Over the past two decades, regional collaboration in the South Caucasus has intensified. Turkey and the EU should establish a cooperation framework to accelerate economic development and diversification. Russia’s declining influence in the South Caucasus since the start of the war in Ukraine has opened a window of opportunity to …

The U.S.-sponsored TRIPP deal is driving the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process forward. But foreign and domestic hurdles remain before connectivity and economic interdependence can open up the South Caucasus. For more than three decades, the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict has exerted human, economic, and political tolls on both countries. In 2026, thanks to …