Azerbaijan as a Middle Power: Sovereign Agency in a Changing World
Azerbaijan’s middle-power identity reflects its transition from vulnerability to sovereign agency. Rooted in restored territorial integrity, strategic autonomy, regional connectivity and informational resilience, Baku’s approach rejects bloc dependency and adventurism, emphasizing independent decision-making, practical geopolitical relevance and national dignity in a rapidly changing international security environment.
The Middle Corridor and Europe’s Paradox: How Political Pressure Undermines the EU’s Strategic Interests
Europe’s growing reliance on the Middle Corridor exposes a strategic contradiction: while Brussels seeks stronger transport links through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Türkiye, European institutions continue issuing politically charged resolutions against key transit partners, risking trust, investment access and influence over the emerging Eurasian logistics architecture at a decisive geopolitical moment.
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Logistics as a New Pillar of Azerbaijan’s Non-Oil Export Strategy
President Ilham Aliyev’s June 9 decree marks a shift in Azerbaijan’s non-oil export policy by addressing logistics costs as a key barrier. The measure supports producers, strengthens Nakhchivan’s economic integration, and aims to expand Azerbaijani goods into new markets while strategically reducing dependence on energy revenues over the long term.
Why Bern Is Reproducing Moscow’s Narratives on Karabakh
Swiss initiatives around Karabakh, presented in humanitarian terms, risk preserving the conflict’s outdated logic. By focusing selectively on Armenian return, using separatist terminology and proposing special mechanisms, Bern risks echoing Moscow’s preference for an unfinished dispute, while undermining Azerbaijan-Armenia peace efforts, sovereignty and territorial integrity in the South Caucasus.
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