Azerbaijan
Obama to tackle 'Serious Issues' with Azerbaijan
June 07, 2010U.S. President Barack Obama promised Azerbaijan in a letter released today that Washington will treat its dispute with Armenia as a top priority. Azerbaijan is an important link in Afghan supply lines and energy export routes to the West. In April,...
EU enlargement commissioner: Eastern Partnership 'absolutely a success'
May 14, 2010By Jan Maksymiuk There are concerns the European Union's market crisis will dramatically scale back its ambitions for outreach programs with its neighbors -- including its Eastern Partnership. The initiative was launched with fanfare just over a year...
Despite its rhetoric, Tehran playing ‘a pragmatic game’ in South Caucasus
April 30, 2010By Paul Goble Despite often heated and even extremist rhetoric and the expectations of others as a result that Tehran will follow its religious impulses, the Iranian government has “more than once shown its ability to conduct a pragmatic game&rdquo...
Religious leaders from Armenia and Azerbaijan call for peace in Karabakh
April 26, 2010By Kristin Deasy The call came as the head of Armenia's Apostolic Church made his first-ever visit to Azerbaijan today Religious leaders from Armenia and Azerbaijan have called for a peaceful resolution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, during a landmark...
Viktor Yanukovich: Importance of GUAM has been lost
February 04, 2010Viktor Yanukovich, one of the two contenders to the presidential seat in Ukraine, told the press yesterday that GUAM, a regional organization made up of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova, "has lost its importance in a sense." Mr. Yanukovich...
Karabakh conflict: Armenia, Azerbaijan agree on 'Madrid Principles
January 26, 2010Meeting in Sochi on January 25 with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Serzh Sarkisian and Ilham Aliyev, reached verbal agreement on the wording of the preamble of the most recent revised version of the "...
How Gorbachev contributed to the ‘Karabakhization’ of Azerbaijani politics
January 19, 2010By Paul Goble Twenty years ago this week, Mikhail Gorbachev sent troops into Azerbaijan to crush the popular front there, but what the Soviet president achieved by his actions was the further radicalization of Azerbaijan and the “Karabakhization...
Turkey-Armenia rapprochement: One step forward, two steps back
December 28, 2009By David J. Smith With considerable ado, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu met in Zurich October 10 to sign an agreement that would establish diplomatic relations and re-open the border between...
EU's Eastern Partnership stuck in low gear
December 08, 2009By Ahto Lobjakas The EU's Eastern Partnership was launched with great fanfare in Prague in May. But just past the eight-month mark, it is becoming clear that neither the EU nor the six partnership members have high hopes for the grouping. EU documents...
Moscow can be a strategic partner for both Azerbaijan and Armenia
December 07, 2009By Paul Goble Moscow Can Gain Azerbaijan as a Strategic Partner without Sacrificing Its Ties to Armenia, Baku Analyst Says One of the fundamental assumptions about Russia and the Southern Caucasus is no longer true in the wake of the August...