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In 2024, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, continued to demonstrate significant political achievements, solidifying the country’s position on the international stage while addressing key domestic issues. Among the most notable successes of 2023 was the restoration of Azerbaijan’s sovereignty over Karabakh, a result of years of struggle for territorial integrity. This paved the way…
The December 2024 edition of the IRMO Brief, authored by Gulkhanim Mammadova, deals with the 29th Conference of Parties under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), held from 11 to 22 November 2024 in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan. This year’s COP has tried to address the persistent challenges of global…
On December 10, the Center for Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center), a Baku-based political think tank closely affiliated with the Azerbaijani government, held a high-level international conference titled “The Main Obstacle to a Peace Agreement Between Azerbaijan and Armenia.” The conference identified the territorial claims in Armenia’s constitution against Azerbaijan as the primary obstacle to peace….
On 14 December, Eurasia Partnership Foundation, Azerbaijan and Topchubashov Center presented their collection of articles on Bosnia and Herzegovina. The publication is part of the Study Trips initiative of the Eurasia Partnership Foundation, Azerbaijan: during the study trip, a cohort of Azerbaijani students visited Bosnia and Herzegovina this fall. Experts of Topchubashov Center, the partner…
The accelerating impact of climate change and Europe’s ongoing efforts to reduce dependence on Russian gas has heightened the global demand for renewable energy sources such as solar, wind and hydropower. In this context, cooperation with Azerbaijan and Türkiye in the field of green energy has become increasingly critical. In this context, Azerbaijan and Türkiye…
The rapid downfall of Bashar Assad’s regime in Syria has fundamentally perturbed the geopolitics of the Middle East, and some of its long-term effects will only start to be felt after a while. However, one of its most stark outcomes has been the utter crumbling of the Russian mission in this country which back in…
It is worse than a crime, it is a mistake. – (usually attributed to) Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord The crash of an Azerbaijani Embraer E190AR airplane on the morning of 25 December near Aktau, almost an hour after it had failed to land in Grozny and got damaged, has sent shock waves- first in Azerbaijan…
The Georgian government’s decision not to raise the issue of EU membership until 2028 has sparked widespread discussions and protests. The government rejected all European Union budget grants because Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze stated that the start of membership talks had been used as a means of intimidating the nation. The Prime Minister added that the nation…
On 5 December, the Azerbaijani Press Agency (APA) in reference to “diplomatic sources” reported that Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister rejected a United States-initiated meeting with his Armenian counterpart on the sidelines of the 31st meeting of the OSCE Council of Foreign Ministers in Malta. According to the agency, the reason behind Azerbaijan’s refusal was related to…
A meeting was held at the Social Research Center (SRC) with Nurlan Baigabylov from the Department of Sociology at L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University and sociologist Assem Kusmanova from the Astana IT University. During their visit to Azerbaijan, the guests expressed interest in studying the activities of research centers in the country and emphasized…
