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Georgia
Fragile Front: Trump Dispatches Vance to South Caucasus to Solidify Peace Deal
Donald Trump is betting on a signature foreign policy win in the South Caucasus, even as Georgia is sidelined and Azerbaijan’s opposition faces a fresh wave of arrests.
Jan. 24, 2026
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan’s First Family of the Opposition Breaks Its Silence
In her first international interview, Ali Karimli’s wife says the coup case is “fabricated,” the timing is deliberate – and the West is letting Baku get away with it.
Jan. 22, 2026
US
Connecting Azerbaijan, Protecting Armenia: Trump’s Quiet Caucasus Power Play Sidelines Russia
A new US-Armenia framework aims to unlock transit through the South Caucasus, strengthen Armenia’s sovereignty, and sideline Russia and Iran – just as Yerevan heads into a volatile election year.
Jan. 14, 2026
Russia
Azerbaijan ‘Bewildered’ by Russian Move to Ditch Probe into Downed Passenger Plane
One year on from the incident, the families of many of the deceased are fighting for justice to be served.
Dec. 28, 2025
US
Aliyev Cracks Down While Washington Holds Its Breath
As Azerbaijan’s rulers target opposition leaders, US lawmakers warn the Trump administration is “sleepwalking into complicity.”
Dec. 6, 2025
Black Sea
OPINION: The North Caucasus as Europe’s Security Frontier
The Black Sea and Caucasus have moved from “borderland” to the structural spine of a new Eurasian order. What happens there in the next few years will determine Russia’s geopolitical status.
Oct. 25, 2025
Russia
Baku Releases Russian Propagandist to House Arrest as Putin, Aliyev Reconcile
A Russian journalist in Azerbaijan was moved to house arrest after talks between Baku and Moscow, signaling a potential diplomatic thaw after Putin admitted Russia’s role in December’s plane crash.
Oct. 11, 2025
Aviation
Russian Missile Didn’t Really Hit Airliner, Putin Tells Aliyev
The Kremlin leader told his Azeri counterpart that the Russian missile did not hit the civilian jet in December – it exploded a few meters away – which is exactly what the missile is designed to do.
Oct. 9, 2025
Azerbaijan
Exiled Azerbaijani Dissident Sentenced to 6.5 years in Absentia
Azerbaijan demonstrates it s continuing intolerance of political dissent.
Sept. 16, 2025
Trump
Restored, Armed Azerbaijani MiG-29 Spotted Over Ukraine
Images of a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 bearing an Azeri camouflage scheme armed with air-to-air missiles somewhere over Ukraine have been spotted on social media.
Sept. 5, 2025
White House
OSCE Dissolves Minsk Group on Nagorno-Karabakh
The OSCE Secretary General hailed the dissolution as a “historic development” after Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Trump-brokered peace deal on Aug. 8.
Sept. 1, 2025
Russia
ANALYSIS: Why Azerbaijan’s Aliyev Is Now Criticizing Moscow
Azerbaijan’s president gave an interview in which he harshly criticized Russia. The shift represents a recalibration of his nation’s position toward Moscow.
Aug. 28, 2025
Energy
Russian Bombing of Azeri SOCAR Refinery Sparks Talks of Arming Ukraine
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev also allocated an additional $2 million in humanitarian aid to Ukraine on Monday after a weekend call with President Zelensky.
Aug. 11, 2025
Russia
Kremlin Mouthpiece Threatens New ‘Special Military Operation’ in Azerbaijan
Vladimir Solovyov also said that Russia’s war in Ukraine “will not end” with the meeting in Alaska on Aug. 15, when Russian leader Vladimir Putin is poised to meet with US President Donald Trump.
Aug. 11, 2025
US
Armenians Caught Between Hope and Distrust After Accord with Azerbaijan
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan met Friday and signed a peace treaty under the watch of US President Donald Trump.
Aug. 10, 2025
Russia
Russia Cautious on Armenia-Azerbaijan Deal, Iran Rejects Border Corridor
Moscow, once the main power broker in the Caucasus, is now bogged down in its offensive in Ukraine, diverting political and military resources into the grinding conflict of attrition.
Aug. 10, 2025