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Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Azerbaijan lifts transit blockade to Armenia a step towards lasting peace

… to Kazakhstan, President Ilham Aliyev announced that Azerbaijan had lifted all restrictions on the transit of … rail route running through Armenia and linking mainland Azerbaijan with the Nakhchivan exclave – could be opened … role of President Donald Trump in the normalisation of Azerbaijani – Armenian relations, particularly in …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Another stage of the crisis between Baku and Moscow

… in the Urals, resulted in the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis – Russian citizens (it remains unclear whether they also unofficially retained Azerbaijani citizenship) – who were linked to organised … crime groups . Several other individuals , also Azerbaijanis, were injured, and dozens were detained . …
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Górecki

The three special cases demographic processes in the South Caucasus

… million. [1] This growth is entirely attributable to Azerbaijan, where a relatively high fertility rate … though in a more ‘flattened’ form. By 2050, Azerbaijan’s population is expected to grow slightly, … made up 93.3% of Armenia’s population, and ethnic Azerbaijanis accounted for 82.7% of Azerbaijan’s). …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki, Krzysztof Strachota

Irans president visits Baku seeking de-escalation

… a meeting took place in Baku between the Presidents of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian. … visit and its positive media framing, relations between Azerbaijan and Iran remain highly strained and were not … are mutually beneficial. Commentary Relations between Azerbaijan and Iran have traditionally been tense or …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

The Washington Declaration moving closer to peace in the South Caucasus

… On 8 August, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, and US President … a future peace agreement aimed at normalising Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, and expresses the two sides’ … reopening transport routes, including the road linking Azerbaijan proper with its Nakhichevan exclave through …
Analyses | | Daria Zielińska

Looking inward regional cooperation in Central Asia

… were also signed. For the first time, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, participated as a full member. … and Moscow. Towards institutionalisation? Following Azerbaijan’s formal inclusion in the consultative … almost certain. This scenario is further supported by Azerbaijan’s linguistic (with the exception of …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Armenia a power struggle between the throne and the altar with Russia in the shadows

… handover of four villages in north-eastern Armenia to Azerbaijan ( which legally belonged to the latter ; … the national interest, showing excessive deference to Azerbaijan and dismantling the country’s alliance with … most hardline segments for seeking a settlement with Azerbaijan and Turkey . In June, he pai d an official …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki, Karol Wasilewski

Pashinyans historic visit to Turkey – a growing urgency for normalisation

… and the Middle East, and the resolution of the Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict. Pashinyan also met with … but its efforts are constrained by its commitments to Azerbaijan and its limited ability to influence Baku. … the Caucasus – particularly those through Georgia and Azerbaijan, but also those through Armenia. In this …
Analyses | | Katarzyna Chawryło

Russias new migration policy concept – security at the core

… migrant origin, including Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan , and Azerbaijan over the past two years. The negative …
Analyses | | Marta Szpala

US sanctions against Serbian oil company NIS

… past two years signed agreements for gas supplies from Azerbaijan and completed (after years of delay) the … NIS, while media reports have suggested that US and Azerbaijani energy companies have also expressed …