Washington brokered an agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan on August 8 aimed at opening a transit corridor through the South Caucasus. The new agreement replaces the original Zangezur Corridor plan with the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP). Unlike the model preferred by Azerbaijan and Turkey, TRIPP will …

A group of 30 Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) fighters ceremonially threw their weapons into a fire on July 11 in the Jasana cave of Sulaymaniya in Iraqi Kurdistan as part of a new peace process between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Turkish state. In the 1920s, the cave …

Iranian Supreme Leader International Affairs Adviser Ali Akbar Velayati discussed the threats that Iran perceives to its regional influence in an interview on August 9 that underscored Iran’s commitment to its strategic goals despite recent setbacks.[1] Velayati’s statements demonstrate significant continuity between Iran’s pre- and post-war approach to the region …