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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was completed in mid-November between Topchubashov Center and Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Korea). Signed by Directors Rusif Huseynov and Dr. Jun Young Kand respectively, the document considers academic exchange, joint research projects and events, as well as other activites between the signatories. The relationship…
“As the host country of COP29, we have become the target of a coordinated, well-orchestrated campaign of slander and blackmail”, said President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan during his inauguration speech at the climate conference on 12 November. This conference was the largest international event ever organised in Azerbaijan and the South Caucasus. Bringing together 80…
The COP29 event held in Baku will undoubtedly go down in history as a platform where global agreements to address ecological challenges were successfully reached. We have ample grounds to support this conclusion, which will be elaborated on shortly. Furthermore, the high level of organization, positive feedback from participants, and tangible outcomes make this event highly significant…
• The Baku Finance Goal sets new global target to channel $1.3tn of climate finance to developing countries by 2035 in significant uplift. This includes a new core finance goal of $300bn that triples the previous $100bn target. • Breakthroughs on the Baku Finance Goal and UN carbon markets defy expectations as a result of…
Elin Suleymanov, Azerbaijani Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, provided an insight into Azerbaijan’s efforts against climate change, green energy transition, international cooperation, as well as the country’s investments in alternative energy sources in tackling climate change, as he was a guest of Maryam Moshiri, the host of The World…
During his COP29 visit to Baku, Yann Caspar, Budapest-based researcher at the Mathias Corvinus Collegium Centre for European Studies and Foreign Affairs Editor for Hír TV, attended Topchubashov Center and met with the Center`s fellows, Rusif Huseynov, Murad Muradov, and Mahammad Mammadov on 14-15 November. The parties exchanged views on the political processes in Europe…
On November 8, Azerbaijan celebrates the 4th anniversary of the end of the Second Karabakh War, which concluded in 2020 and resulted in the liberation of the Karabakh region and surrounding districts previously occupied by Armenia. The resolution of this conflict and complete de-occupation of the Karabakh region in September 2023 has significantly bolstered Azerbaijan’s geopolitical standing. This…
Throughout the entire post-Soviet period, the South Caucasus was described as lacking a cohesive “regional” identity in the traditional sense. It was a result of fragmantation of this region amongst the three countries (i.e., Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia) which adopted often opposing geopolitical orientation and lacked any consolidated cooperation amongst themselves. There were numerous efforts…
For the countries of Central Asia and the South Caucasus, where agriculture accounts for 60-90% of total water consumption, water security is no longer just a resource issue—it is a matter of economic resilience and political stability. During the Soviet era, water management in Central Asia and the South Caucasus was centralized under Moscow, which…
The 26 October Parliamentary elections in Georgia, quite as expected, turned out to be very divisive and controversial. While the voting outcome of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) was officially declared at the level of 53.9%, the opposition parties refused to recognise it, accusing the government of launching a large-scale fraud and intimidation campaign which…
