Just last week, four Armenian soldiers were killed in the first violent incident with Azerbaijan since its mid-September takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh, prompting concerns from Armenia’s government of potential Azerbaijani war plans centered around the Zangezur Corridor. Armenia and Iran each have territory within the proposed corridor and strongly oppose its …
Read More »Strengthening Bonds: Israel and Azerbaijan Forge Ahead in Strategic Partnership
Israel has emerged as Azerbaijan’s top oil purchaser, solidifying an alliance that transcends mere economic transactions. In January 2024, amidst the backdrop of the Munich Security Conference, it was revealed that Israel leads the list of countries importing oil from Azerbaijan, purchasing a substantial 523.5 thousand tons valued at approximately …
Read More »Armenia: Former Economy Minister Charged With Corruption
On February 15, two days after he resigned his post, former Armenian Economy Minister Vahan Kerobyan was charged with abuse of office. The following day a court ordered him placed under house arrest. Armenia’s Investigative Committee said in a statement that ministry officials, including Kerobyan, disqualified a private entity from …
Read More »In the Caucasus, Another Year of War or Peace
Armenia and Azerbaijan may be nearing a bilateral peace agreement, but the threat of violence persists. A major sticking point is the Zangezur Corridor, where Baku and Moscow may pursue a deal to the detriment of Yerevan and the West. As in Ukraine, so in the South Caucasus, 2024 will …
Read More »Why Armenia and Azerbaijan Still Can’t Reach a Peace Deal
In December, three months after the devastating September 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh displaced more than 100,000 Armenians, Yerevan and Baku engaged in bilateral talks that “reconfirmed their intention to normalize relations and to reach a peace treaty on the basis of respect for the principles of sovereignty and territorial …
Read More »South Caucasus Turns Away From Russia Toward Middle East
Rapid geopolitical change is curtailing Russian power in the South Caucasus, boosting the influence of Middle Eastern countries and bookending the region’s “post-Soviet” history. The South Caucasus is undergoing a geopolitical transformation. The war in Ukraine and the effective resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan mean that …
Read More »Armenia Should Decide If It Is Part If The West Or The Anti-Western Axis Of Evil – OpEd
The brutal terrorist attack on October 7 of last year by Hamas on Israel has shed a spotlight on the Russian-Iranian military alliance. Ten countries are now dragged into the fighting in the Middle East. Over the weekend the killing of three and wounding of 34 US servicemen in Jordan …
Read More »Landmark Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Treaty Inches Closer
Despite their bloody history and repeated recent disappointments, a long-term accommodation between Armenia and Azerbaijan is within reach. Recent hopes that a peace agreement between the South Caucasus nations of Armenia and Azerbaijan could be achieved have come to nothing. In late 2023, some believed such a historic step was …
Read More »Armenia’s Energy Security Faces Frosty Relations With Russia – Analysis
Armenia’s strained relations with Russia, its traditional strategic ally, may have an impact beyond political and security alliance, affecting the country’s energy security as Moscow supplies most of Yerevan’s gas needs. Armenia is officially considered a self-sufficient country in terms of its volume of electricity, generating up to 98 per …
Read More »Breakthrough In Azerbaijani–Armenian Peace Negotiations? – Analysis
In a first-of-a-kind bilateral statement, without any external participation, Azerbaijan and Armenia have arrived at an extremely important humanitarian and diplomatically symbolic agreement. It is the first time Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to coordinate on any international matter. The humanitarian aspect is that the Republic of Azerbaijan—”driven,” according to the …
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