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Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR) is a landlocked exclave of the Republic of Azerbaijan. During the early 1990s, Azerbaijan lost a direct land connection with its exclave amid the Armenian aggression against Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity. As a result, the people of Nakhchivan have been living under a blockade for almost 35 years. During Soviet times, all…
Before President Trump was inaugurated on January 20, he labelled himself to be the mastermind of the current Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement. Still, former President Biden also emphasised his government’s role in brokering the deal. However, the Qataris and Egyptians played a pivotal part in the agreement by hosting and helping the conflicting parties with negotiations as well….
The analytical report of STM-SRC entitled “The Armenian Factor in the Global Investigative Journalism and Human Rights Network’s Activities Against Azerbaijan” by prof. Tahira Allahyarova, published in English. In the aforementioned report, based on facts, asserts that the roots of the biased attitude of international organizations towards Azerbaijan in the area of “human rights” are…
Thirty-three years have passed since the armed forces of the Republic of Armenia, with the involvement of Russia’s 366th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment, committed genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly. The operation, which flagrantly violated all rules of war as well as international humanitarian law, began on the…
Executive Summary: The Organization of Turkic States (OTS), comprising Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye, Uzbekistan, and observers, is leading efforts to enhance the Middle Corridor. This initiative aims to bolster regional connectivity, mitigate trade disruptions from geopolitical instability, and develop sustainable, competitive transport networks through multilateral treaties and infrastructure investments. Recent OTS summits have reinforced commitments…
On 25 February 2025, Topchubashov Center hosted a roundtable discussion. The Center’s researchers Rusif Huseynov, Murad Muradov and Natig Javadov, as well as guests experts Heydar Mirza, Fuad Chiragov and Ayaz Rzayev, discussed the U.S. foreign policy during the Trump presidency and its impact on the global system and on various regions.
Executive Summary: Armenia and Azerbaijan remain at an impasse in their ongoing peace process, facing the conditions of withdrawing international lawsuits and agreeing on a ban against third-party military forces along their border. Armenia’s constitutional claims over Karabakh and the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group remain sensitive topics. Azerbaijan insists on amending Armenia’s constitution…
The Institute for Development and Diplomacy (IDD) at ADA University is pleased to announce the publication of the Winter 2024-2025 edition of Baku Dialogues, the flagship quarterly policy journal of the Institute for Development and Diplomacy at ADA University. We wish to highlight three contributions by members of the broader ADA community: a feature length…
The occupation and ethnic cleansing of Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region and seven surrounding districts in the early 1990s by the armed forces of Armenia involved immeasurable atrocities and extreme violence. Realizing that more than 700,000 people in the region would not easily flee their homes, Armenian leaders resorted to force. The ethnic cleansing carried out by…
The Munich speech of the U.S. Vice President J. D. Vance will definitely enter the textbooks of the future as one of the harbingers of a new historic period. This speech has been arguably more shocking than Vladimir Putin’s diatribe he made on the same stage 18 years ago, as it basically announced a radically…
