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When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, most analysts expected the conflict to end within days or, at most, a few...
The sovereign balance sheet of a nation is rarely a narrative written in bold strokes of victory; it is, instead, a quiet sonata composed in the...
War in Ukraine has been ongoing for longer than World War I - yes, you heard it right. It would be difficult and irrelevant to find similarities...
The wars in the Middle East and Ukraine have sent shockwaves through global energy markets, pushing fuel prices to record levels in many parts of the...
When Azerbaijan regained control of Karabakh in 2020, the immediate priority was clear. Roads had to be rebuilt, electricity restored, water systems...
The US and Israeli war with Iran that erupted on February 28 did not begin suddenly. Its roots stretch back generations, from the 1953 coup against...
There is an important distinction between philanthropy and political influence. The former can build schools, preserve cultural heritage and support...
There are moments when the future of the energy industry is announced not with a dramatic discovery or a record-breaking oil field, but with a quiet...
There are moments when the future of a region is shaped not by the sound of gunfire, but by the quiet approval of a budget. A figure buried in a...
Armenian separatists are once again trying to harp on the same string. This time, they are attempting to do it through the Corsican Assembly, which...
Achieving economic development and establishing oneself as a regional power centre is not simply a matter of being located in a favourable...
In recent weeks, claims accusing Azerbaijan of having "expelled" Armenians from Karabakh and carried out so-called "ethnic...
Some landmarks announce themselves with towering skylines or roaring machinery. Others stand almost unnoticed, hidden behind steel fences and...
The latest World Bank Human Capital Index brings bad news for policymakers in Baku. According to the latest HCI , released in April 2026, Armenia has...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's latest remarks on Armenia's railways were accute but entirely consistent with the line his government has...
The latest statements from the Central Bank of Azerbaijan provide an important insight into the country's monetary policy and offer investors a...
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan's latest inflation forecast may appear modest at first glance, but it offers an important clue about the direction...
President Ilham Aliyev's two-day state visit to Kyrgyzstan may ultimately be remembered as more than another diplomatic exchange, as the key...
The geopolitical map of Eurasia is evolving by shifting trade routes, changing security dynamics and the growing importance of regional partnerships....
A specialized cable-laying vessel has departed from the Port of Baku to begin installing the Trans-Caspian Fiber-Optic Cable Line toward the port of...
Then there are some diplomatic affairs that Western newsrooms tend to label as "regional," an elegant euphemism for "ignore." One...
Artificial intelligence is expected to become one of the key drivers of Azerbaijan's digital transformation over the coming years. By assigning...
Europe is entering a period in which energy security is once again becoming one of the continent’s most serious strategic challenges. After years of...
A few days ago, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium announced the resumption of the loading process at the Novorossiysk Terminal following an interruption...
Last year, Azerbaijan passed the milestone that it had failed to pass for decades. The upgrading of Moody's to Baa3 in July 2025, which is the...
In just a few days, it will be one year since Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and U.S. President Donald...
The U.S. Department of Energy announced a signed Section 123 civil nuclear cooperation agreement between Washington and Saudi Arabia. The 30-year...
For more than four years, the Russia-Ukraine war has been a geopolitical pressure cooker, with every new military escalation raising the temperature...
Last week, Azerbaijan's sovereign wealth fund SOFAZ released one of its traditional monthly reports. Despite the previous increases in its...
For more than a year, the artificial intelligence boom has seemed almost unstoppable. Nvidia became the symbol of a new technological era, Microsoft...
Historically, maritime insurance operated quietly in the background lika a modest line item ensuring that if a storm hit or a rare misfortune...
The latest move by the US House Foreign Affairs Committee against Azerbaijan raises a question that Washington should be asking itself: is Congress...
Oil has once again crossed the symbolic threshold of $100 per barrel, reviving memories of previous geopolitical shocks that sent energy markets into...
In the coming period, Armenia may find itself facing one of the most significant constitutional challenges ever since the Velvet Revolution of 2018....
This week, the Iranian Railways Administration officially confirmed that construction of the 162 km railway Rasht-Astara will start immediately after...
The economic shockwaves from the renewed conflict in the Middle East are no longer confined to crude oil. In one of the most striking recalibrations...
The war in Ukraine has entered another of those phases in which diplomacy and military pressure move in parallel, but neither is yet strong enough to...
When considering the position of the Azerbaijani economy on the global map, the picture that naturally came to mind for many years was one of incoming...
Where standard-gauge tracks bite into the dust of the Araz basin, an ancient plain learns a new rhythm. Silence, long settled like fine silt over the...
The official visit of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to Germany, which began on July 21, 2026, marked a significant milestone in relations between...
In Berlin, Azerbaijan gets its most important European endorsement yet. A strong and perhaps bold statement. Well, the original plan was to hold this...
As of mid-2026, Azerbaijan stands at a profound economic and geopolitical crossroads. Rich oil reserves transformed Baku into one of the world's...
Europe's largest economy is undergoing one of the most profound structural adjustments in its post-war history. After decades of building its...
As the summer of 2026 unfolds, Europe finds itself in an increasingly precarious energy position that few analysts anticipated even six months ago....
Azerbaijan's tourism bureau has a problem that is easier to describe than to solve. It has spent over $10 billion reconstructing Karabakh, has...
Economic normalization between Azerbaijan and Armenia is beginning to produce measurable effects in trade, transit and regional connectivity. The most...
Artificial intelligence is no longer just a technological frontier. It is becoming a geopolitical system, as a source of economic power, military...
Unfortunately, not every diplomatic initiative survives contact with the diplomacy that follows it. It sounds so eye-catching and laudable in a way;...
Azerbaijan is entering an important stage of economic transformation. For decades, the country’s economic development was closely associated with...
For a government that has spent a decade building a tourism industry around five-star hotel chains, Formula 1 circuits and international summits...