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...

Opinion: Europe speaks to Azerbaijan with different voices

The spring of 2026 has produced one of the strangest split-screen moments in EU foreign policy. On 30 April, the European Parliament adopted yet an...

The path to peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia: Remaining risks and challenges

In recent years, the momentum generated in the normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia has brought the sides closer t...

Azerbaijan Manages Crisis Amid Iran Conflict

Executive Summary The outbreak of the conflict in Iran in March 2026 transformed Azerbaijan’s southe...

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 ...

From Shatterbelt To Strategic Pivot: U.S.-Azerbaijan Strategic Partnership As A Blueprint For Caucasian Peace – OpEd

Situated at the crossroads of civilizations, cultures, and major transportation corridors stretching from east to west and north to south, and endo...

Toward Historic Peace In The South Caucasus Amid Instability In The Middle East – Analysis

Introduction The global geopolitical architecture is undergoing a period of profound and consequential transformation. W...

Japan Accelerates its Drive for Caspian Oil Amid the Hormuz Crisis

The sharp escalation of the Iran-related crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has once again exposed the fragility of global energy supply chains depende...

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...

EU-Türkiye relations: In urgent need of renewal

The relationship between Türkiye and the European Union is facing a critical juncture. For many years, the sides benefitted from u...

AIR Center and Tajikistan Embassy Co-Host Briefing

The Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center) and the Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan in the Republic of Azerbaijan co-organized a briefing regarding the 4th High-Level International Conference to be held in Dushanbe from May 25 to 28 within the framework of the International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development” (2018-2028). The primary objective of the briefing was to enhance awareness of the priorities and expected outcomes of the forthcoming conference, draw attention to the global water agenda, support the strengthening of international cooperation in the field of sustainable water resources management, and encourage the active participation of stakeholders in the conference. In his opening remarks, Farid Shafiyev, AIR Center’s Chairman of the Board, noted that water scarcity remains a pressing and serio...

06 May 2026 - 14:12