Anna Chapman’s New Mission: Karabakh
Anna Chapman, the Russian-spy-turned-sex-icon, has been sighted in breakaway Nagorno Karabakh, causing a bit of furor in the region.Chapman, who since her scandalous arrest and deportation from the US...
View ArticleYoung Azerbaijani Tycoon Finances 9/11 Memorial in Pennsylvania
An organization headed by the well-connected son of a powerful Azerbaijani cabinet minister appears to be among the donors to Pennsylvania’s newly opened 9/11 memorial.The Azerbaijan America Alliance,...
View ArticleGazelles for Georgia, with Love from Azerbaijan
It's difficult to know sometimes what gift to get for a close friend. But Azerbaijan -- or, to be specific, President Ilham Aliyev's elder daughter, Leyla Aliyeva -- has hit on an answer for Georgia....
View ArticleMexico and the $3.8-Billion Cost of Heydar Aliyev
Staying true to its foreign policy principle that if you love me, you must love my late leader’s monument, Azerbaijan has halted billions of dollars’ worth of planned investments in Mexico.At a...
View ArticleMoscow: Fresh Violence against Ethnic Azeris
In what appears to be the latest sign of an ongoing informal campaign in Russia against minorities from the Caucasus and Central Asia, a prominent member of the Azerbaijani Diaspora in Russia has been...
View ArticleAn Armenia-Turkey Reconciliation Sequel?
Armenia and Turkey's periodic efforts to make peace tend to hit a wall, but the nettlesome neighbors seem to be, once again, having another semi-go at rapprochement. Turkey has been invited to attend a...
View ArticleWill Karabakh “Join” Russia’s Customs Union?
Armenia has made its choice between the two EUs -- the European Union and the Eurasian Union-- but will it bring its de-facto addendum, the breakaway territory of Nagorno Karabakh along with it into...
View ArticleStarting a Business: Does Azerbaijan Outperform the US?
Lagging behind a former Soviet republic in caviar production is one thing. But now the US, that champion of capitalism, has to face the news that the World Bank and International Finance Corporation...
View ArticleAzerbaijan Condemns Crimea Takeover in UN Show of Hands
After first trying to look the other way when Russia mugged Ukraine, Azerbaijan now has joined the international show of hands against the conquest of Crimea. Aside from hitting its yes button in the...
View ArticleWill Journalist’s Arrest End Azerbaijani-Armenian Citizen Diplomacy?
The April 19 arrest of prominent Azerbaijani newspaper correspondent and political analyst Rauf Mirkadirov could put an end to efforts by Azerbaijani and Armenian civil society activists and...
View ArticleAzerbaijan Chides US Envoy's Twitter Diplomacy
Not to underestimate the power of social media, but officials in Azerbaijan believe it takes more than active tweeting to resolve an ethnic conflict; especially if it's the longest-running conflict to...
View ArticleFrom Baku to Nashville, with Love
Nashville, Tennessee has apparently become another unlikely proxy battleground for a war going on a world away -- between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which both are busy building strategic alliances in the...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Caught Between Two EUs
Moscow and Brussels have gone courting Azerbaijan, the last nonaligned place in the South Caucasus, where Russia and the European Union increasingly compete for influence.Over the next week, two top...
View ArticleSouth Caucasus: The State of the Unions
Georgia on July 18 legislatively cemented its European aspirations, while Armenia set a new date for a trip in the opposite direction— integration with the Russian-centric Eurasian Economic Union. The...
View ArticleTony Blair Snags an Azerbaijani Gas-Gig
Ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair has come under fire for agreeing to help out an Azerbaijani gas pipeline designed to diversify energy resources in Europe.There are controversies at both ends of...
View ArticleWill Russia Help Defuse Azerbaijani-Armenian Tensions?
Generally seen as a warmonger in the Ukraine conflict, Russia plans to play the role of peacemaker in another ex-Soviet conflict that could be spiralling out of control.Longtime enemies Armenia and...
View ArticleAzerbaijan Arrests Alleged ISIS and Other Islamic Fighters
The arrest of 26 Azerbaijanis for allegedly joining armed Islamic groups in Syria and the wider region may help Azerbaijan place its strategic importance to the United States above criticism of its...
View ArticleAzerbaijan Donates $1 Million to Fight Ebola
Azerbaijan has chipped in a million dollars to the United Nations' Ebola response effort in what appears to be the latest installment in the ongoing campaign to promote Baku’s credentials as a...
View ArticleUS Embassy Denies Secret Talks with Iran in Azerbaijan
The United States embassy in Baku has categorically denied a report in The Times which claimed that Washington and Tehran will conduct “secret talks” in Baku this week about restoring some form of ties...
View ArticleAzerbaijan: Swiss Embassy Shelters Rights-Activist from Arrest
Prominent Azerbaijani media-rights activist Emin Huseynov has been living in the Swiss embassy in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, since last August, the Swiss government has acknowledged.Huseynov, a...
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