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On 22 September 2025, Topchubashov Center`s Deputy Director participated in the 108th Rose-Roth Seminar of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly held in Armenia. Speaking as a speaker at the conference’s panel session dedicated to the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Murad Muradov shed light on how the process is seen from Baku and shared his…
The South Caucasus stands at a defining moment. Following decades of violent conflict and geopolitical stasis, a new reality is taking shape, offering a rare opportunity for the European Union to assert its strategic interests and solidify its role as a key regional actor. The recent peace efforts between Azerbaijan and Armenia, culminating in the…
On 9 September 2025, Topchubashov Center`s representatives, Rusif Huseynov, Murad Muradov and Simona Scotti, attended the think tank network event organized by the British Embassy in Azerbaijan and hosted at the Ambassador’s Residence. The event offered an excellent chance to network with prominent experts, engage about the actual developments, and discuss possible future projects. …
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) gathered for its latest summit in Tianjin at the turn of August and September, bringing together leaders from across Eurasia under the watchful eye of China. Established in 2001 as a forum primarily for security cooperation, the SCO has grown into a heavyweight in global governance. Today, its members represent…
The rapid erosion of the liberal international order has generated multiple dislocations in the South Caucasus, placing Azerbaijan at the crossroads of competing region-building projects. As the unipolar, neoliberal framework recedes, Azerbaijan’s long-standing multi-vector foreign policy faces mounting challenges under intensifying external pressures. During the unipolar era, international institutions anchored in liberal norms provided a…
From 7 July to 1 August 2025, Topchubashov Center’s Research Fellow Mahammad Mehdiyev attended a Chinese language summer school at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) in Suzhou, China. He was selected for this programme by the University of Milan, which supported his participation tuition-free. The programme, hosted by one of China’s leading Sino-British universities, combined intensive…
The antagonistic relationship between the proverbial “East” and “West” is gradually re-entering the discourse of International Relations scholars amid what many see as the resurgence of great power competition. This dichotomy between two spheres of influence—from the colonial Occident versus Orient, to the modern Pax Americana versus the so-called “Axis of Upheaval”—shall survive forever in…
On August 8, in an unexpected yet very symbolic venue, the White House, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a joint memorandum to show their commitment to peace and define parameters of a possible solution to the connectivity dispute in southern Zangezur. The Trump administration has been “working” on the Armenia-Azerbaijan matters ever since early March, and…
On 7 August 2025, the representatives of Japan`s Embassy to Azerbaijan, Chargé d’affaires Fumio Goto and Second Secretary / Head of the Political Section Sakiko Mansho visited Topchubashov Center and were hosted by the Center`s director Rusif Huseynov. During the meeting the parties discussed the regional developments and also explored cooperation opportunities.
On 5-6 August 2025, Topchubashov Center Deputy Director Murad Muradov attended the Jakarta Futures Forum in Indonesia, co-hosted by the Observer Research Foundation (India) and Center for Strategic and International Studies (Indonesia). The conference brought together more than 150 participants from 50 countries who discussed, among others, the issues concerning Asian politics, maritime security, global…
