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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (right) shakes hands with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze earlier in 2024. Aliyev administration officials reportedly instructed pro-government Azerbaijani media outlets and non-profits to praise Georgian Dream’s convincing victory in the October 26 parliamentary elections, and prior to the elections, state-aligned media in Azerbaijan advocated openly for Georgia’s ruling party. (Photo: president.az)

Azerbaijan: Aliyev all in behind Georgian Dream election ‘victory’

Baku provides strong backing for incumbents in disputed Georgian elections.

Oct 30, 2024

Following a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia on October 24, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (left) and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev instructed their respective foreign ministers to fast-track negotiations on a peace agreement. (Photo: primeminister.am)

Armenia and Azerbaijan edge closer to peace deal

Optimism despite no apparent breakthrough on settling outstanding differences.

Ani Avetisyan Oct 28, 2024

Baku hit by widespread flooding

Two deaths and significant property damage.

Oct 23, 2024

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (left) tours the venue of the upcoming COP29 conference. (Photo: president.az)

Azerbaijan strives to shut down discussion of its rights record at upcoming COP29 climate conference

Leaked copy of hosting agreement shows Baku has leeway to punish potential critics.

Oct 22, 2024

The Bakurtsikhe-Tsnori road in Georgia was built in 2024 by China Communications Construction Company as part of efforts to boost and streamline traffic via the Middle Corridor. China and Georgia signed an MoU in September committing to jointly develop infrastructure, streamline customs procedures, and improve security and digitization of logistics. (Photo: gov.ge)

China expanding economic presence in South Caucasus

Deals aim to expand Middle Corridor trade.

Oct 17, 2024

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (center) speaks on October 4 with a citizen holding his newly received title to a unit in a residential complex built at state expense in Jabrayil. The town was reconquered by Azerbaijan in 2020. (Photo: president.az)

Azerbaijan: Some Karabakh returnees turning a profit on government resettlement program

Taking advantage of the state’s largesse.

Oct 17, 2024

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow on October 8. Baku has recently made a sharp geopolitical zag toward the Kremlin. (Photo: president.az)

The Aliyev paradox: clamping down to promote a sophisticated image

Azerbaijan enlists Russia’s help in muzzling dissenting views.

Oct 9, 2024

Left to right: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan speak during a meeting in New York on September 26. Following those discussions Armenia and Azerbaijan pledged to intensify efforts to conclude a peace treaty, but Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s speech several days later seemed to back off that pledge. (Photo: Antony Blinken’s official X account)

Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process hits a new speed bump

Aliyev kvetches about a “policy of hostility.”

Ani Avetisyan Oct 7, 2024

Nazim Baydamirli. (Photo: Baydamirli’s Facebook page)

Azerbaijan: Ex-MP gets an eight-year sentence for voicing support for former constituents

Officials show no tolerance for environmental protests.

Oct 4, 2024

Politicians and city planners discuss an infrastructure project in Rustavi, Georgia. Rapid urbanization in the South Caucasus fueled by spiking countryside-to-city migration has become a burgeoning challenge. (Photo: gov.ge)

Environmental challenges posing threats to food security, public health – academic study

Better urban planning needed to address pollution concerns.

Irakli Machaidze Oct 2, 2024

Ilham Aliyev (right) examines the site of the upcoming COP29 climate change conference. (Photo: president.az)

Azerbaijan injecting geopolitical element into COP29 climate conference

Baku-hosted event seeks to tweak France.

Sep 30, 2024

A new gas reserve under the ACG oil field is expected to help Azerbaijan keep its promise to double gas exports to the European Union to 20 bcm a year by 2027. (Photo: BP)

Azerbaijan: New discovery raises odds that Baku can meet 2027 EU gas export target

Socar has exclusive purchase rights to vast new reserve.

David O'Byrne Sep 25, 2024

A commentary broadcast by Baku TV portrayed peace proponents Javid Agha, Bahruz Samadov, Samad Shikhi and others as members of a subversive network. (Photo: screenshot)

Azerbaijan: Victory hasn’t dimmed Aliyev’s ire for peace proponents

Opposition to war is akin to treason.

Sep 24, 2024

Turkey’s Marmaraereğlisi LNG import terminal. Ankara has inked three long-term LNG purchase agreement since May. (Photo: gov.tr)

Turkmenistan suffers energy-export setback as Turkey opts for new LNG deal

Holding out for last penny could cost Ashgabat.

David O'Byrne Sep 23, 2024

Russia’s Security Council secretary, Sergei Shoigu, in Tehran on September 17. (Government broadcast screenshot)

Order restored to Iranian-Russian relations after geopolitical row

The Kremlin bows to Tehran’s wishes.

Eldar Mamedov Sep 19, 2024

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaks during a press conference on September 18, answering questions about a peace deal with Azerbaijan and relations with Russia. (Photo: primeminister.am)

Armenia breaks up alleged Russian-inspired coup attempt

Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process hits another snag.

Ani Avetisyan Sep 19, 2024

Turkmenistan: Another wrong turn taking Ashgabat into gas-export dead end

With swap deal bogging down, Turkey looks for alternatives.

David O'Byrne Sep 16, 2024

Azerbaijan’s ruling family at an election station in Baku on September 1. (Photo: president.az)

Azerbaijan: Pro-Aliyev forces cruise to victory in uncompetitive parliamentary voting

OSCE notes there were no “genuine political alternatives.”

Sep 3, 2024

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, while in Azerbaijan on August 19, gives an interview to Russia’s Channel One, lashing out at Armenia. (Photo: Screenshot)

Armenia to Russia: Thanks, but no thanks on mediation offer

Pashinyan intent on sealing peace deal directly with Azerbaijan.

Ani Avetisyan Sep 3, 2024

Uzbekistan's president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev (right), and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, launch a joint project during a meeting with business executives on August 23. (Photo: president.az)

No rest for the elite: Central Asian leaders stay busy in August fostering trade

Lots of positive words, and even a little action.

Aug 30, 2024

A working paper contends that a small tax on top earners would help governments raise urgently needed funds. But for it to work, the introduction of stringent international transparency rules would be needed, which seems unlikely in the foreseeable future. (Serge Kutuzov via Unsplash)

A small tax on the super-rich could raise big revenue in the Caucasus, Central Asia – report

A good idea with little chance of adoption over the medium-term.

Aug 26, 2024

Bahruz Samadov (center) has been remanded to jail for four months. (Photo: Video screenshot/Video by Nurlan Libre Gahramanli)

Four months of pre-trial detention given to Azerbaijani researcher accused of treason

Part of a new round of arrests in Baku.

Aug 23, 2024

Azerbaijan’s security service detains researcher-freelance journalist

Detainee reportedly facing treason charge.

Aug 22, 2024

Putin eager to play peacemaker in the Caucasus

Russian leader doesn’t like sitting on sidelines.

Aug 20, 2024

Ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023. Many in Armenia believe that any peace deal with Baku should guarantee the right of return for Armenians who were forced to leave Karabakh amid Azerbaijan’s full takeover of the territory. (Photo: mil.ru)

Armenia and Azerbaijan take new step towards finalizing peace deal

Russia stands to lose some leverage in the South Caucasus.

Aug 13, 2024

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