Perspectives | Will new Azerbaijani Islamist movement share the fate of its predecessors? Political movements based on Shia Islam have faced an uphill battle, as both the government and mainstream opposition are devoted to a secular, pro-Turkic national narrative. Bahruz Samadov Jul 18, 2022
Perspectives | Azerbaijan’s authoritarianism and Baku’s “Military Trophies Park” The new park reflects the logic that dominates Azerbaijan’s system: enemies, internal and external, must be destroyed. Bahruz Samadov Apr 16, 2021
Perspectives | Azerbaijan’s peace activists face harassment, and a reckoning For those of us advocating for progressive values in Azerbaijan, the war has been a setback. Bahruz Samadov Nov 20, 2020