Authors

Dr. Farid Shafiyev

Ambassador, Chairman of the Center for Analysis of International Relations and Multiculturalism (AIR Center)

Indian Foreign Policy Blunders – OpEd

Key Takeaways: India’s rising economic power has fostered overconfidence, leading to strategic setba...

Moving Towards the Common Future: Stepping into A Breakthrough

2025 is coming to an end. It has brought new developments into the normalization processes not only between Armenia and Azerbaijan, but also betwee...

Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan reshape Eurasia

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the chair of the People's Council of Turkmenistan, paid a two-day visit to Azerbaijan on July 16-17, 2025. Berdimuha...

Are double standards applied to Azerbaijan by the Western media?

In international relations, how a country is written about is often as consequential as what it does. Over the past ten days, several pieces appear...

The security environment of the South Caucasus amid changing geopolitical realities

For many years, the security environment of the South Caucasus has been shaped by the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, the prolonged status...

From Conflict Management to Institutional Peacebuilding: Reflections on the Emerging Security Architecture of the South Caucasus

What we seem to be witnessing now is a historically significant transformation in the South Caucasus. For years the region has been viewed in the c...

Summer Diplomacy Deepens Azerbaijan’s Integration with Central Asia

Executive Summary: During an August 23–24 state visit, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan signed a Treaty on Eterna...

An Emerging Strategic Axis Between Georgia and Turkmenistan

Relations between Tbilisi and Ashgabat are taking on new geopolitical content against the backdrop of Irakli Kobakhidze’s recent visits to As...

Prospects in a New Era of Azerbaijan-Syria Relations

Azerbaijan and Syria share a deep bond rooted in historical and cultural ties. This bond traces back to the era of the Silk Road and has continued ...

When Narrative Replaces Context: Bias In Western Media Coverage Of Azerbaijan – OpEd

Key Takeaways: The piece uses “strategic narrative” (Miskimmon, O’Loughlin, Roselle) to ...

Borrowed robes: How a prosecutor’s legacy became a lobbyist’s business card

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced (13 July) that Washington would "dismantle the ICC [International Criminal Court], brick by brick,...

Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan Elevate Relations to Alliance

Executive Summary: Baku and Bishkek elevated their relationship to an alliance at the end of July during a...

Economic, trade, and transport cooperation between Azerbaijan and Russia

AIR Center advisor Nurad Mammadov’s article entitled “Economic, trade, and transport cooperation between Azerbaijan and Russia” w...

Bilateral European Cooperation Recasts Transatlantic and Regional Security

The relationship between the United States and ‘Europe’, a broad term which increasingly requires clarification, remains an integral pa...

The EU and the сhallenge of fragmentation: External implications of internal divisions

Despite its status as the biggest example of regional integration, the European Union remains greatly affected by internal divisions. These continu...

International Conference on “Security and Cooperation in the South Caucasus”

The Center for Analysis of International Relations and Multiculturalism and the Center for Governance and Culture in Europe (GCE-HSG) at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, co-organized the international conference titled “Security and Cooperation in the South Caucasus.” The two-day conference brought together academics, policymakers, and international experts to discuss the future of security and cooperation in the South Caucasus. The discussions addressed the new geopolitical realities that have emerged in the region following the 44-day war, the normalization of Azerbaijani-Armenian relations, the development of regional transport and communication links, emerging infrastructure projects, economic integration, the TRIPP project, potential external risks, and the role of the European Union in promoting sustainable cooperation and connectivity in the regi...

09 September 2026 - 15:56