Divide and Co-Opt: Government-Opposition Relations in Azerbaijan in the Wake of COVID-19

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Around the time of the February 2020 snap parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, the government-opposition relationship took a surprising turn. In the run-up to the election, the…

Is Putin Emulating Azerbaijan in 2008-09? Modifying Term Limits Under Economic Uncertainty

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Does President Vladimir Putin’s move to zero-out his count to presidential term limits replicate the “Ilham Aliyev” scenario of Azerbaijan in 2008-09 as suggested in a recent…

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Trump’s “America first” energy policy, contingency and the reconfiguration of the global energy order

(Energy Policy) Abstract: The global energy system is in transition to a new energy order characterized by the emergence of the United States as a net oil exporter, the shale revolution…

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Formal and Informal Political Institutions | Farid Guliyev, Nona Shanazarian, and more

(Caucasus Analytical Digest) The contributions to this special issue address these issues by looking at the interplay between informal and formal institutions in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. PDF © Caucasus Analytical…

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Azerbaijanis vote on Sunday. Here are 4 things you need to know about the surprising snap election.

(Monkey Cage) Azerbaijanis vote Sunday in a snap election that resulted from a sudden political housecleaning last fall. In October, President Ilham Aliyev dismissed his chief of staff, Ramiz Mehdiyev, and replaced a set…

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From government reshuffle to snap parliamentary elections: Political renewal in Azerbaijan?

(New Eastern Europe) In a surprising move last December, Azerbaijan’s parliament voted to dissolve itself for presumably not living up to the president’s ambitious reform agenda. President Ilham Aliyev approved the…

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Can Azerbaijan Deliver on Reform Promises?

(IWPR) Azerbaijan’s much-vaunted government reforms have appeared to gather pace in recent months. Last autumn’s government reshuffle saw veteran apparatchiks replaced by young, often Western-educated officials. Notably, the influential presidential…

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Caspian Energy Producers in the ‘New Oil Order’: Neglected by the West, Looking East 2

(CAD) The shale revolution and the transition to a low-carbon economy in the industrialized West have ushered in a new era of energy. The Trump administration in the U.S. has pushed a new ‘America…

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Azerbaijan’s Missed Opportunities

(Current History) During its recent oil boom, Azerbaijan experienced more than a decade of fast economic growth. Between 2001 and 2011, gross domestic product grew tenfold, then peaked at $75…

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Armenia´s Velvet Revolution: Challenges to Regional Foreign Policy

(CAD) This issue of the Caucasus Analytical Digest focuses on the international and regional implications of Armenia’s 2018 Velvet Revolution. More specifically, the articles look at 1) whether Armenia’s spring 2018 political transformation…

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