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With Karabakh’s fate in the balance, Ruben Vardanyan takes office while suggesting a new framework for coexistence: living “next to” Azerbaijanis, but not together.

The organization has been facing accusations of political bias in its investigations (or lack thereof) into cultural heritage in Karabakh.

The president’s father (the former president) is stealing the show. Plus, the latest on efforts to get Turkmen gas to Europe. Our weekly briefing.

Questioning the territorial integrity of the neighboring country, once a taboo topic, is increasingly entering official discourse both in Baku and Tehran.

The arrests come as tension between Baku and Tehran has been reaching a peak.

Tens of thousands gathered the day before the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia were meeting to work on a peace agreement that many Armenians oppose.

Despite being strategic partners with Israel, Azerbaijan doesn’t have an embassy in the country. Have the geopolitical conditions changed enough to make that possible?

A new $100 million project run by members of both presidents’ families highlights the tight relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan.

“I was born here, I spent the best days of my life here. I don’t want to leave, but I’m afraid that the situation will just keep getting worse.”

Tehran appears alarmed both by Azerbaijan’s saber-rattling against Armenia and by a new EU monitoring mission to Armenia’s border with Iran.

A jazzy kids’ song is the latest salvo in Baku’s ongoing offensive against the French leader.

The accusation comes as a new EU monitoring mission prepares to deploy to the border, and as bellicose rhetoric from Baku is again on the rise.

The temporary camps are to accommodate those Jews who are seeking to emigrate from Russia amid the Ukraine war. But Baku is staying quiet on it.

The move comes as tension along the border had reached unprecedented heights even as the two countries are moving toward signing a peace agreement.

Azerbaijani IDPs are eager to return home. But they are uncertain about how their new lives are going to look.