Decreasing Water Levels in the Caspian Sea: Causes and Implications
By Vali Kaleji October 13, 2023 Various reports indicate that the water level of the Caspian Sea has decreased by one meter in recent years and could drop by 9 to 18 meters (30 to 59 feet) by the end...
View ArticleA New Spring for Caspian Transit and Trade
Svante E. Cornell and Brenda Shaffer October 17, 2023 Major recent shifts, starting with the Taliban victory in Afghanistan and Russia’s war in Ukraine have led to a resurgence of the Trans-Caspian...
View ArticleArmenia’s Crisis After Azerbaijan's Final Offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
By Natalia Konarzewska November 9, 2023 Armenia was hit by a political and humanitarian crisis after Azerbaijan launched a massive military offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh on September, aimed at...
View ArticleSecurity and Military Cooperation Among the Turkic States in the 2020s
Richard Outzen December 8, 2023 There has been a rapid intensification of Turkish relations with Turkic states in Central Asia and the Caucasus in the past decade. The creation of the Organization of...
View ArticleIs the Aras Corridor an Alternative to Zangezur?
By Vali Kaleji February 5, 2024 Iran and Azerbaijan recently agreed to establish a transit route called the “Aras Corridor.” It is intended to pass through the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan and...
View ArticlePashinyan Between Armenia and Azerbaijan: The Curse of Radical Changes
By Mehmet Fatih Oztarsu February 27, 2024 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks a new path forward following Azerbaijan’s seizure of Nagorno-Karabakh and the radical shift in regional dynamics...
View ArticleArmenia and Azerbaijan: The Distant Perspective of Peace, Cooperation and...
By Intigam Mamedov March 21, 2024 On February 13, 2024, a new border skirmish took place between Armenia and Azerbaijan, months after Baku regained its territories in Nagorno-Karabakh. While the sides...
View ArticleTürkiye-Azerbaijan Relations: The Building of an Alliance
Ali Hajizade March 7, 2024 Türkiye’s relations with Azerbaijan have always been the closest of its ties with Turkic states, for reasons of geographic and cultural proximity. Still, the relationship has...
View ArticleTürkiye’s Energy Engagement in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Brenda Shaffer March 27, 2024 In recent years, Türkiye has significantly increased cooperation with the states of Central Asia and Azerbaijan. One of the most important geopolitical developments in...
View ArticleIndia-Pakistan Strategic Rivalry Extends to the South Caucasus
By Vali Kaleji March 28, 2024 The development of military and defense relations between Azerbaijan and Pakistan and Armenia and India is an important consequence of the political arrangement and the...
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