Azerbaijan Seeks to Speed Up Conclusion of New Agreement with the EU
By Ilgar Gurbanov January 23, 2018, the CACI Analyst Before the Eastern Partnership’s (EaP) Brussels Summit in November 2017, many observers expected the finalization of the new EU-Azerbaijan...
View ArticleIs there an Agreement on Caspian Sea Delimitation?
By Stephen Blank January 25, 2018, the CACI Analyst On December 5, 2017, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that all the key issues regarding the delimitation of the Caspian Sea had been...
View ArticleAzerbaijan's New Cabinet Composition Indicates Pro-reform Agenda
By Fariz Ismailzade May 11, 2018, the CACI Analyst The appointment of a new Prime Minister and the new composition of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan have raised hopes for speedy economic...
View ArticleIs Russia's Soft Power Influence Effective? The Case of Azerbaijan
By Nurlan Aliyev May 21, 2018, the CACI Analyst On March 16, Sputnik Azerbaijan published information on Azerbaijani participants of the international sport competition Football for Friendship,...
View ArticleNew Southern Gas Corridor Project Will Intensify the Regional Pipeline Race
By Fuad Shahbazov June 28, 2018, the CACI Analyst On May 29, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev officially inaugurated the first phase of the long-awaited flagship project Southern Gas Corridor...
View ArticleAzerbaijan's Advances Around Nakhichevan
By Emil A. Souleimanov and Huseyn Aliyev July 5, 2018, the CACI Analyst In late May, Nakhichevan-based Azerbaijani forces entered no-man’s land to the northwest of the exclave, formally part of...
View ArticleAzerbaijan's Ballistic Missile Dilemma
By Eduard Abrahamyan August 22, 2018, the CACI Analyst On June 11, 2018, Azerbaijani state media reported the conclusion of a Belarus-Azerbaijan arms deal, displaying the procured battery-size Polonez...
View ArticleIs Armenia's Foreign Policy Changing?
By Natalia Konarzewska September 25, 2018, the CACI Analyst August 17 marked the first hundred days in office for Nikol Pashinyan’s government in Armenia, which assumed office after the mass social...
View ArticleThe Perspective of Trans-Caspian Gas Flow to Europe
By Ilgar Gurbanov October 25, 2018, the CACI Analyst On August 12, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Iran, and Turkmenistan signed the Convention on the Caspian Sea’s Legal Status in Astana. The...
View ArticleWhat Would Membership in the CSTO Mean for Azerbaijan and the South Caucasus?
By Fuad Shahbazov October 18, 2018, the CACI Analyst On August 16, the Azerbaijani MP and head of the Azerbaijan-Russia interparliamentary group Ali Huseynli told local media that “It would be...
View ArticleThinking Big About Caspian Energy
By Stephen Blank November 29, 2018, the CACI Analyst The signing of the Caspian convention in August 2018 has opened up exciting new possibilities for getting Central Asian oil and gas to European and...
View ArticleBolton's Caucasian Tour and Russia's Reaction
By Eduard Abrahamyan December 17, 2018, the CACI Analyst On October 24-26, a U.S. State Department delegation headed by National Security Adviser Ambassador John Bolton visited the South Caucasian...
View ArticleAzerbaijan and Armenia Eager to Revive Nagorno-Karabakh Peace Talks
By Emil A. Souleimanov and Huseyn Aliyev January 23, 2019, the CACI Analyst Recent weeks have seen an unprecedented series of high-level meetings of Armenian and Azerbaijani representatives on...
View ArticleMilitary Procurements on Armenia's and Azerbaijan's Defense Agendas
By Ilgar Gurbanov March 27, 2019, the CACI Analyst In parallel with their peace talks on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijan and Armenia seek to diversify and deepen their partnerships with major...
View ArticleAzerbaijan's Defense Industry Reform
By Tamerlan Vahabov May 7, 2019, the CACI Analyst Azerbaijan’s centralized Ministry of Defense Industry (set up in 2005) has for now been dismantled and replaced by the Azersilah Corporation. For now,...
View ArticleArmenia's Approach to Conflict Settlement Leads to Deadlock
By Ilgar Gurbanov June 27, 2019, the CACI Analyst The regime change in Armenia revived hopes in Azerbaijan that the new Armenian government would take a more proactive approach to the frozen settlement...
View ArticleWhy Washington Must Re-Engage the Caucasus
By Stephen Blank July 8, 2019, the CACI Analyst In late 2018, National Security Council Director John Bolton signaled a revived U.S. interest in the South Caucasus by visiting all three states of the...
View ArticleAre Georgia-Azerbaijan Relations at Risk?
By Svante E. Cornell July 30, 2019, the CACI Analyst Azerbaijan and Georgia have enjoyed almost three decades of a strategic partnership that has shaped the geopolitical landscape of the whole greater...
View ArticleAzerbaijan-Russia Relations Warm Up
By Natalia Konarzewska February 3, 2020, the CACI Analyst The end of 2019 saw increasing diplomatic activity between Azerbaijan and Russia, at a time when Russia wants to strengthen its profile in...
View ArticleChina's Soft Power in the South Caucasus
By Nurlan Aliyev March 2, 2020, the CACI Analyst In December 26, 2019 , the Georgian National Museum presented a new exhibition titled “Chinese Art in the Georgian National Museum,” dedicated to the...
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