Authors

Dr. Farid Shafiyev

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

Indian Foreign Policy Blunders – OpEd

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

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...

Reconciliation on Baku's Terms: Azerbaijan and Russia Normalize Relations

On July 16, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov arrived in Moscow for a two-day official visit, holding talks with his Russian counterpart...

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...

The Greater Caspian Region: A New Framework For Cooperation Between Azerbaijan And Central Asia

Key Takeaways: Azerbaijan and the five Central Asian states are forming a new “C6” regional ar...

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 ...

Azerbaijan And Germany: When Energy, Connectivity And Strategy Converge – Analysis

Key Takeaways Azerbaijan and Germany elevated ties to a strategic partnership during President Aliyev’s ...

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,...

Türkiye–PRC Railway Partnership Bolsters Middle Corridor

Executive Summary: Türkiye and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are working to improve tran...

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...

Reliability and resilience: What European partnerships reveal about Azerbaijan’s foreign policy

Azerbaijan’s partnerships with several European states reveal crucial factors about the country’s broader foreign policy ap...

Farid Shafiyev: Azerbaijan is a reliable bridge between East and West

Farid Shafiyev, Chairman of the Board of the Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center), has addressed an international seminar titled "Assessing the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route: Challenges, Opportunities and Prospects for Expanding Eurasian Connectivity toward Pakistan and the Indian Ocean." Speaking at the event, Shafiyev said the Caspian region has evolved from being viewed primarily as a bridge between Europe and Asia into a strategic hub for energy security, regional connectivity and international cooperation, News.Az reports. He noted that recent geopolitical developments, including the war in Ukraine and the conflict involving Iran, have reshaped the Eurasian landscape by disrupting traditional trade routes while simultaneously increasing the im...

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