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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…
On 2-6 December 2024, Topchubashov Center`s Director Rusif Huseynov partook in the EU Visitors Program (EUVP) and held a series of meetings with bureaucrats dealing with South Caucasus and particularly Azerbaijan in the EU agencies, such as European Parliament and European Commission. Besides the EUVP agenda, Rusif Huseynov attended NATO HQ and several Brussels-based think…
On 5 December, Topchubashov Center’s Deputy Director Murad Muradov met with the Director of the Center for International Area Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Korea), Dr. Jun Young Kand. They presented each other the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding between the two organisations and discussed academic exchange, joint research projects and events, as…
This research examines the legal status of the right of return for forcibly displaced persons under international law, arguing that it has become a norm of customary international law (CIL). Through analysis of treaties, declarations, resolutions, and case law, the research explores the legal foundations and challenges of enforcing this right, emphasizing its critical role…
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…
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…
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…
The Horn of Africa for years has been a hotbed of conflicts, but the events of the last year have increased the tensions in the region even more. In January an important issue emerged between Ethiopia and Somalia, when Ethiopia signed a memorandum of understanding with Somaliland to rent 20 km of the coastline. One of the…
