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On June 23, the opening ceremony of the 19th Baku Summer Energy School (BSES) was held at ADA University, organized by the Institute for Development and Diplomacy (IDD). The event is organized in partnership with the ADA University Foundation, the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), bp, and KOLIN. This two-week intensive…
In recent decades, think tanks have gained significant weight in shaping government policy, national security strategies, economic planning, and diplomacy. Once confined to academic circles, these institutions have evolved into invisible but influential pillars of national decision-making systems. Far from being mere idea generators, today’s think tanks function as laboratories for geopolitical forecasting and form…
It has been 35 years since the Soviet Union and the United States discussed the possibility of the Star Wars program, and now that vision is becoming a reality. The world, which for centuries experienced only battles fought on land, has entered a new era: nations are now striking targets thousands of kilometers away using…
On 18 June 2025, Topchubashov Center`s Director Rusif Huseynov visited the Budapest-based Danube Institute, where he held a meeting with Executive Director István Kiss to discuss the next steps in bilateral cooperation. The meeting focused on the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two institutions in Baku in April 2025. Both sides…
The bombing of Iran by Israeli Air Forces on June 13, combined with an operation of eliminating the top rank of Iranian military and security officials, heralded the start of another major conflict in the world already living through the greatest wave of violence since World War II, and plunged the larger region in completely…
The Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) and the Institute for Development and Diplomacy (IDD) at ADA University have jointly prepared an analytical report exploring the prospects for deepening economic cooperation between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. The report highlights the potential of the strategic partnership between two countries. Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan serve as vital hubs within the…
On 17 June 2025, Topchubashov Center`s Director Rusif Huseynov joined a panel at Budapest Global Dialogue 2025. In the panel titled “Global Crossroads: the CEE, the Balkans and the Caucasus in the New World Order,” he spoke about nations of the afore-mentioned regions as bridge states—linking diverse civilisations, geopolitical blocs, connectivity models, and economic systems;…
In the most extensive attack on Iran since the country’s 1980-88 war with Iraq, Israeli forces have launched multiple waves of nationwide bombings. The attack is ongoing and believed to be the opening shots of a wider campaign to degrade Iran’s military command structure, ability to retaliate, and reconstitute destroyed nuclear and missile sites. The…
The conflict between Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the Armenian Apostolic Church, which has intensified in recent months, has caused significant upheaval in the country’s political and spiritual life. This confrontation affects not only the relationship between the state and the church but also impacts Armenia’s internal stability and foreign policy direction. Pashinyan’s harsh…
On June 3–4, the ADA-Luiss Forum on EU-EaP Policy was held in Rome, co-organized by ADA University’s IDD and Luiss University’s Center for International and Strategic Studies (CISS). The forum inaugurated with remarks delivered by IDD director, Fariz Ismailzade and Director of CISS at Luiss University, Raffaele Marchetti. They highlighted the strong and enduring relations…
