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U.S. Disengagement from the South Caucasus: The Throne Is Never Vacant

(PONARS Policy Memo) Over the last ten years, the United States has been gradually disengaging from the South Caucasus. This has tremendously affected the countries of the region, especially Georgia and…

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Valiyev: Azerbaijan has a positive approach on the changes taking place in the Armenian government

(APA) The Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was widely discussed at a session, titled “Security Issues in the South Caucasus”, which was held as part of the 5th South Caucasus Security Forum in Tbilisi on…

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A New Strategy for the South Caucasus | Kakachia, Makarychev, Yatsyk, Valiyev, and more

(Geopolitics and Security) The South Caucasus is a region at the nexus of various economic, political, and energy interests. It is currently witnessing some of the most complex and dangerous events…

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Religion and Soft Power in the South Caucasus | Articles by Berg, Makarychev, Valiyev, and Yatsyk

(Routledge) See the articles by PONARS Eurasia members Eiki Berg, Andrey Makarychev, Anar Valiyev, and Alexandra Yatsyk in Religion and Soft Power in the South Caucasus (August 2017) (Subscription required). Introduction: In the Caucasus region, Georgia,…

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Do citizens of the former Soviet Union trust state institutions and why: The case of Azerbaijan

(Communist and Post-Communist Studies) This study examines the trust in political institutions in Azerbaijan using the data from the survey Caucasus Barometer (CB) conducted by the Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC)…

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China Targets Azerbaijan for Transportation Projects

(CPC) China has historically had few vital interests in the South Caucasus. Distance, along with the region’s unpredictable political and economic conditions, precluded China’s involvement in the region. In comparison…

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Brexit and its Impact on Azerbaijan: Will East-West Integration be Harmed?

(PONARS Policy Memo) The unexpected results of last summer’s UK Brexit referendum significantly impacted the perception of Azerbaijanis about their country’s future cooperation with the EU. Britain is a major investor…

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Restructuring Extractive Economies in the Caspian Basin: Too Little, Too Late?

(PONARS Policy Memo) The oil- and gas-rich states of the Caspian Sea basin—Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan—registered phenomenal growth throughout most of the 2000s. However, the heady days of resource-fueled development now…

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Valiyev: For Azerbaijan, using force serves to reinvigorate negotiations and demonstrate “this conflict is not solved”

(Economist) Few noticed when intense fighting broke out in early April in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed enclave between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Some 50 people were killed over four days, as tanks, helicopters…

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Valiyev: Azerbaijanis are hungry for victories; the brief war created euphoria

(Economist) With so many conflicts in the world, Nagorno-Karabakh gets little attention. The bloody fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces in the mountainous enclave this week was a reminder that it…

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U.S. Disengagement from the South Caucasus: The Throne Is Never Vacant

Valiyev: Azerbaijan has a positive approach on the changes taking place in the Armenian government

A New Strategy for the South Caucasus | Kakachia, Makarychev, Yatsyk, Valiyev, and more

Religion and Soft Power in the South Caucasus | Articles by Berg, Makarychev, Valiyev, and Yatsyk

Do citizens of the former Soviet Union trust state institutions and why: The case of Azerbaijan

China Targets Azerbaijan for Transportation Projects

Brexit and its Impact on Azerbaijan: Will East-West Integration be Harmed?

Restructuring Extractive Economies in the Caspian Basin: Too Little, Too Late?

Valiyev: For Azerbaijan, using force serves to reinvigorate negotiations and demonstrate “this conflict is not solved”

Valiyev: Azerbaijanis are hungry for victories; the brief war created euphoria