New Hope for a Breakthrough in the Nagorno-Karabakh Deadlock?
By Vasif Huseynov April 6, 2020, the CACI Analyst On 28-30 January, in Geneva, Switzerland, the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan held an OSCE-mediated meeting on the Nagorno-Karabakh...
View ArticleAzerbaijan's Economy Takes a Double Blow
By Natalia Konarzewska June 16, 2020, the CACI Analyst The collapse of oil prices and oil demand along with the economic shutdown imposed to fight the coronavirus pandemic are putting a strain on...
View ArticleFirst Azerbaijani Gas Reaches Albania Amid COVID-19
By Esmira Jafarova July 14, 2020, the CACI Analyst The first Azerbaijani gas via the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) reached Albania at the end of May 2020. This marked the first delivery of natural gas...
View ArticleRussia and Turkey: Behind the Armenia-Azerbaijan Clashes?
By Avinoam Idan August 31, 2020, the CACI Analyst The violent gunfire that erupted between Armenia and Azerbaijan in July appears to have no connection with the ongoing conflict over the...
View ArticleCross-Border Escalation between Armenia and Azerbaijan
By Natalia Konarzewska September 25, 2020, the CACI Analyst On July 12, clashes broke out between the armed forces of Armenia and Azerbaijan along the northern section of their internationally...
View ArticleFighting in Nagorno-Karabakh Rages Despite Ceasefires
By Emil A. Souleimanov and Huseyn Aliyev October 22, 2020, the CACI Analyst The ongoing conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh saw a number of dramatic developments over the past couple of weeks. Most notably,...
View ArticleWar in Nagorno-Karabakh Requires a Russian Balancing Act
By Nurlan Aliyev November 10, 2020, the CACI Analyst From early November, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin conducted telephone conversations with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, thoroughly...
View ArticleLooking Beyond Armenia's Defeat in Nagorno-Karabakh
By Robert M. Cutler December 7, 2020, the CACI Analyst After over 25 years of diplomatic stalemate, notwithstanding the efforts of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and...
View ArticleThe Karabakh Ceasefire and Regional Economic Projects
By Orhan Gafarli January 28, 2021, the CACI Analyst The Second Karabakh War lasted for 44 days, ending on November 10, 2020 with the 9-point ceasefire agreement agreed by Azerbaijan and Armenia under...
View ArticleU.S. Policy Toward Azerbaijan in the Biden Administration
By Fariz Ismailzade January 29, 2021, the CACI Analyst Over the past 30 years, Azerbaijan and the United States have developed a strategic partnership based on common interests and values. This...
View ArticleMore than Just Friends? New Azerbaijan-Turkmenistan Agreement on Joint Energy...
By Brenda Shaffer February 16, 2021, the CACI Analyst On January 21, 2021 the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan signed an intergovernmental Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for joint...
View ArticleAzerbaijan and Turkmenistan Agree on the Caspian
By Robert M. Cutler March 12, 2021, the CACI Analyst For over twenty years, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have been at odds over the mid-Caspian oil and gas field that the former called “Kepez” (often...
View ArticleNagorno-Karabakh: The Democratization of Precision Strike and the Viability...
By Jack Watling March 25, 2021, the CACI Analyst The six-week Nagorno-Karabakh war, fought through the Autumn of 2020, may have been principally of local significance politically, but highlights...
View ArticleCaucasian Knots Take Shape in the Armenia-Azerbaijan Ceasefire
By Robert M. Cutler May 11, 2021, the CACI Analyst The implementation of the trilateral agreement brokered by Russia on the night of November 9-10, 2020, between Armenia and Azerbaijan continues in...
View ArticleArmenia and Azerbaijan at odds over Planned Transport Link
By Natalia Konarzewska June 7, 2021, the CACI Analyst Baku is preparing to open a transit corridor that will link Azerbaijani territory with its Nakhichevan exclave through southern Armenia. President...
View ArticleNew Tensions Rising along Armenia-Azerbaijan Border
By Emil A.Souleimanov and Huseyn Aliyev June 10, 2021, the CACI Analyst Starting in mid-May, a wave of confrontations between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces have taken place in disputed border areas...
View ArticleThe prospect of six-party regional cooperation in the South Caucasus
By Fuad Shahbazov January 26, 2022, the CACI Analyst On October 6, 2021, Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov met his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian in Moscow to discuss...
View ArticleAzerbaijan and Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
By Natalia Konarzewska April 6, 2022 Like several other countries, Azerbaijan seeks to retain functioning relations with both Russia and Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion. Baku provides Ukraine with...
View ArticleKarabakh Armenians Threaten to "Join Russia" as Armenia Turns Toward Peace...
By Robert M. Cutler May 9, 2022 Constructive developments in negotiations for peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, particularly those mediated by the European Union, have produced a further...
View ArticleIran’s policy toward the Caucasus and Central Asia
By Brenda Shaffer August 17, 2022 Much of the analysis on Iranian foreign policy focuses on both Iran’s positonality in relation to the Middle East, and its claim to the mantle of Shia Islamic...
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