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In the clutches of the Kremlin Azerbaijans security policy

Over the past three years, Azerbaijan has revised its risk assessment and has reached the conclusion that the West cannot guarantee its security.
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Azerbaijans president is betting on his family

On 21 February, Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, nominated his wife, Mehriban Aliyeva, for the newly created position of first vice-president. 
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Elections in Azerbaijan petrification of the petro-republic

… A presidential election is to be held on 9 October in Azerbaijan. Ilham Aliyev, the incumbent president, is … Russian influence on the political situation in Azerbaijan, in both domestic and regional terms, has … to a greater extent in the country’s policy.     Azerbaijan: the country of Aliyevs   Azerbaijan’s …
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Azerbaijans gas on its way to Europe

For the first time in its history, Azerbaijan will de facto have a chance to sell its gas on European markets (Greece, Bulgaria) and in the Near East (Syria).
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Eurovision Azerbaijans failure to promote itself

The organisation of the Eurovision Song Contest, the final of which was held on 26 May in Baku, was of huge significance for national prestige to the government in Baku. This was the first event in Azerbaijan to attract such global media…
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Internet users versus Azerbaijans authorities

On 12 January, at Fountain Square in the centre of Baku, an illegal protest against violence in the military was held. The demonstration was attended by several hundred people, under the slogan of ‘Stop death in the army during peacetime…
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Azerbaijans government strikes at the Shiite opposition

The operation demonstrates the government’s determination to suppress all manifestations of opposition, and is in line with its increasingly tough authoritarian trend.
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Azerbaijan closer to Russia further from the West

… On 3 December the Azerbaijani media published an article, by Ramiz … USA and the EU for trying to create a fifth column in Azerbaijan and stoking a desire to cause a ‘colour … Russian vision, and emphasises the right of sovereign Azerbaijan to conduct a foreign policy which focuses on …
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Azerbaijan will decide the shape of the Southern Gas Corridor

… the shape of the Southern Corridor together with Azerbaijan, which is the only reliable gas supplier for … the gas will be transmitted into Europe. In practice, Azerbaijan will decide the shape and route of the … only secure supplier of gas to the Southern Corridor is Azerbaijan, which in the upcoming months will take a …
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Azerbaijan – a major purge ahead of the parliamentary election

… Azerbaijan’s Ministry of National Security underwent a … is most likely merely a smoke screen – in the corrupt Azerbaijani system protection rackets and illegal … of the continuing erosion of the political system in Azerbaijan. Until recently, the loyalty of …