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Joseph Shumunov

Sep 1, 2023, 5:41 AM

The Next Level for Israel-Azerbaijan Relations

Israel-Azerbaijan Relations Reading through the latest headlines about Israel-Azerbaijan relations, one frequently comes across the phrase “oil for arms.” For some analysts, a 30-year diplomatic partnership can be summed up by a simple, haphazard, three-word catchline. Continuing to reduce the...

Rufat Ahmadzada

Aug 15, 2023, 4:11 PM

Russia uses Karabakh Armenians as regional proxy

Nikol Pashinyan-Vladimir Putin meeting/April-2022/Novo-Ogaryovo residence near Moscow

A convoy of Armenian trucks allegedly carrying “humanitarian aid” destined for the Armenian minority living in Azerbaijan’s Karabakh region is lined up at Armenia’s border with Azerbaijan. Armenia wants to send the trucks to the Karabakh region via a...

Avidan Freedman

Aug 13, 2023, 1:43 AM

The Artsakh humanitarian crisis is our responsibility

Armenian trucks carrying humanitarian aid for the Armenian-populated breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region are seen stranded not far away from an Azerbaijani checkpoint set up at the entry of the Lachin corridor, Karabakh's only land link with Armenia, on July 30, 2023. (Karen Minasyan / AFP)

The need to forge ties with Azerbaijan does not give Israel license to ignore the suffering of ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh

Sheldon Kirshner

Jul 18, 2023, 4:48 PM

Azerbaijan and Israel Intensify Relations

Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant's two-day visit to Baku recently underscored Israel's burgeoning ties with Azerbaijan, a secular Muslim state which shares a border with Iran, Israel's arch enemy. Gallant arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan's capital, on July 13 with the...

Jun 18, 2023, 1:24 PM

Moscow’s Nefarious Role at the Negotiating Table

In recent days, the United States, the European Union and Russia have been competing with each other in order to see who can be successful in securing a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. All three of these entities...

Arunansh B Goswami

Jun 15, 2023, 3:18 PM

Indian in the Land of Mountain Jews

Wandering through the Caucasus region searching for Jewish heritage in several settlements and alleys, the author of this article reached the lands of erstwhile Guba Khanate, bordering Dagestan region of Russia, where Krasnaya Sloboda also known as Qirmizi Qasaba...

May 27, 2023, 11:37 PM

Three Jews in Yerevan

When a Jewish community that can't make a minyan for prayers is flooded with refugees, its members are glad they're there to welcome the newcomers

May 23, 2023, 1:17 AM

Iranian regime’s terror unmasked

It was recently reported that Azerbaijani dissident journalist Ahmad Obali, who heads Gunaz TV and serves as the chairman of the International Relations Committee at the South Azerbaijan National Freedom Front, was targeted in a terror attack in the...

May 10, 2023, 7:27 AM

Why Everyone Must Boycott Putin

invIt was recently reported that six countries including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan decided to attend the Victory Parade in Moscow, even though the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin after it was...

James M. Dorsey

May 9, 2023, 7:15 AM

Is Central Asia and the Caucasus the Indo-Pacific’s next stop?

America to the rescue. In a twist of irony, that may be Central Asia's only alternative, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine upsetting the region's security apple cart. The question is whether the United States, already rejiggering its commitment to...

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