Authors

Dr. Farid Shafiyev

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

From "5+1" to Six-State Unity: Azerbaijan’s Central Asian Unity

Over the past five to six years, Azerbaijan’s gravitation towards east has manifested in various formats, including Organization of Turkic St...

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...

Aliyev and Pashinyan Jointly Receive Peace Award in Abu Dhabi

Executive Summary: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian President Nikol Pashinyan jointly recei...

Geopolitical and military-institutional aspects of the participation of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan in peacekeeping operations - ANALYSIS

Since restoring its independence, one of the principal directions of the foreign and security policy of the Republic of Azerbaijan has been contrib...

C5+1 Reframing Russia’s Position in Central Asia

Executive Summary: C5+1, the U.S. government’s platform to jointly engage all five Central Asian gov...

Azerbaijan Joins Central Asian Consultative Meetings

Executive Summary: Azerbaijan joined the Consultative Meetings of Heads of State of Central Asia on Novemb...

Georgia’s Investment Landscape: Stability, Growth, and Opportunities

According to the report of the National Statistics Office of Georgia, the volume of foreign investments in the third quarter of the current year ha...

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 ...

TRIPP-Zangezur Corridor and Charting Azerbaijan-Armenia Reconciliation – OpEd

Despite the many positive expectations following the end of the Cold War, the period brought new challenges and threats to international security. ...

Abu Dhabi As A New Starting Point For Peace In The South Caucasus – Analysis

On July 10, one of the most significant meetings in the history of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations took place in Abu Dhabi. The negotiations were he...

Japan Deepens Cooperation with Central Asian States

Executive Summary: Japan and the five Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkm...

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 era of strength: Azerbaijan’s adaptation to new global realities

There can no longer be any doubt that the world order established after the Second World War has collapsed. Its original aim was to uphold a set of...

RUSI and AIR Center Co-Host Roundtable Discussion

On 27 January in London, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and the Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center) held a jointly organized roundtable, titled "Building Peace in the South Caucasus Amid Geopolitical Uncertainty". The roundtable consisted of two panels and brought together high-ranking guests from Azerbaijan and the UK, as well as regional experts. The first panel, moderated by Dr Neil Melvin, Director for International Security at RUSI, was titled “Geopolitical Transformations and the Regional Security Order”. During the panel, AIR Center Chairman Farid Shafiyev delivered a speech highlighting changing regional dynamics in the South Caucasus, Azerbaijan's emerging role as a leading actor in the region, and the strategic importance of sustained U.S. engagement in the region for achieving lasting peace and durable r...

28 January 2026 - 14:07