‘Black Gold’ Brings New Wealth to Azerbaijan
By Emil Agazade** | 02.08.2011 Azerbaijan has proven to be one of the fastest-growing economies due to its energy reserves, but oil and gas brought more than just petrodollars. In...
The First Ten Years of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
BY PROF. RICHARD ROUSSEAU** | 08.06.2011 Ten years after its establishment on June 15, 2001, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), successor to the original Group of Five (Shanghai Five), is...
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the Scope of Accelerating Iran-Armenian Relations
BY ZAUR SHIRIYEV** | 08.06.2011 At present, the international community’s preoccupation with Middle East Unrest overshadows a new trend in Iranian-Armenian political relations affecting the South Caucasus. The officials and...
Reintegrating the Taliban after the Death of Osama bin Laden
BY PROF. ALPASLAN OZERDEM** | 08.06.2011 Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda leader, was killed by US forces in Abbottabad, near Islamabad, Pakistan on 2ndMay 2011. Nearly 10 years after the 9/11 terrorist...
Post-Bin Laden Prospects for the Peace Process in Afghanistan
By EKATERINA STEPANOVA | 16.05.2011 With all the symbolic allusions to 9/11, including President Obama’s visit to ‘ground zero’ on May 5, at the end of the day the...
Successful Visit of the EC High Level Officials to Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan*
By Dr. Zura Garakanidze | 24.03.2011 The President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso and the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on January 13th, 2011 have signed a Joint Declaration...
The EU’s Quest in South Caucasus: Energy Security & Pro-Active Engagement*
By Zaur Shiriyev | 24.03.2011 The EU is implementing all the possible projects in order to lessen Russian gas dominance in the European market and in this regard one of those...
Hungary’s EU presidency: What should the Eastern Partnership’s future posture be toward the South Caucasus?
By Zaur Shiriyev | 29 December 2010 Hungary assumes the European Union presidency in a troubled period, as all of Europe struggles under the economic crisis. As a new member...
When Russia will Ready to Join the WTO…*
By Dr. Zura Garakanidze | 20 December 2010 Russia's persistent interest in Iranian energy projects casts a problematic light over its bid to join the World Trade Organisation. Moscow is already...
How Alliance Politics Affects The Resolution Of Conflicts In The South Caucasus?*
By Zaur Shiriyev | 15 December 2010 Alliance politics is an important factor affecting threats and conflicts in South Caucasus region. Alliances in this region are a direct reaction to the...
What will NATO’s new Strategic Concept adopt?
By Zaur Shiriyev | 14 November 2010 NATO's next summit in Lisbon, scheduled for Nov. 19-21, will highlight five pertinent topics: the adoption of a new Strategic Concept, operations in Afghanistan,...
Peace and Security Aspirations for South Caucasus
By Zaur Shiriyev 04 October 2010 Elmar Mammadyarov The First Annual Symposium of International Relations Scholars (ASIRS) which held at Baku on 22nd -23rd October was an exceptional opportunity in...
Confine Your Operations to Afghanistan, Islamabad Tells Washington
By Shahid R. Siddiqi | 12 October 2010 Fears have been expressed for a long time that successful resistance by the Pashtun Taliban against American occupation of Afghanistan and the imminent defeat...
Finally an Ambassador to Azerbaijan?
By Zaur Shiriyev | 23 September 2010 On Wednesday, a lot of Azerbaijani people expressed their great delight at the approval of Matthew Bryza as the new ambassador to Azerbaijan by...
Kosovo and Karabakh: Looking back at the Future
By Zaur Shiriyev | 17 September 2010 The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on 22 July that Kosovo's declaration of secession from Serbia did not break international law. In...