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Azerbaijan’s focus on improving transportation infrastructure has been central to its role in enhancing regional connectivity, especially in the broader context of linking Europe and Asia. As part of the effort to revive the historic Silk Road, significant progress has been made in expanding trade and transportation networks—particularly rail and maritime routes that facilitate intercontinental…
On February 5, 2025, the AIR Center hosted a presentation of the book titled “Armenian nationalist irredentism and the Karabakh wars.” In his opening remarks, Chairman of the Board of the AIR Center Farid Shafiyev emphasized that certain narratives promoted by Armenia and the Armenian diaspora—such as the claim that the events leading to the…
In today’s world, the concept of research has evolved to encompass a broad and multifaceted range of meanings. Research and public opinion surveys are not only essential for analyzing current trends across various domains but also play a crucial role in forecasting and shaping future-oriented outcomes. Advancements in artificial intelligence have significantly enhanced the efficiency…
Kaja Kallas, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, recently proposed extending the mandate of the EU Monitoring Mission in Armenia (EUMA) for an additional two years as its current term nears its end this February. For the EU, the mission has played a pivotal role in monitoring the security situation…
The Central and Eastern European (CEE) region has been a focal point of China’s foreign policy for the past decade, particularly within the framework of the 16+1 (now 14 after Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia’s withdrawal) initiative. Established in 2012 at the summit in Warsaw presided by the then-Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, the platform was…
One year ago, in a piece titled “Armenian–Azerbaijani rapprochement: Facing a hurdle,” I concluded that Armenia is stuck between myth and reality and has to move from myths related to ‘imagined communities’ defined by kinship and history to new, pragmatic relations with its neighbors, Azerbaijan and Türkiye.[1] Today, despite some sporadic attempts by the Pashinyan…
The “security dilemma” is one of the key concepts in the academic study of international relations and foreign policy. First articulated by John Hertz in 1950 and subsequently analyzed in detail by scholars such as Robert Jervis, Charles Glaeser, and others, the security dilemma describes how actions taken by one state to enhance its security—building…
When a video of former President of Armenia Levon-Ter Petrosyan confessing to ethnic cleansing against non-Armenians in Armenia and the Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan at the congress of the terrorist organization “Yerkrapa” in 1993 was revealed 31 years later, it led to serious debate. Yerkpara was founded by Armenia’s first defense minister,…
On January 31st, 2025, the Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center) organized an international conference titled “France and the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.” In his introductory remarks, Chairman of the Board of the AIR Center, Farid Shafiyev, stressed that the cool down in the bilateral relations is solely the responsibility of France. He noted that…
October 2024. Istanbul hosts what is known as the 3+3 regional cooperation platform, more precisely its third edition, albeit at the ministerial level. This format came to life following the 2020 Karabakh War, which not only made de facto territorial changes in South Caucasus for the first time in three decades but also heralded new…
