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In cars, not in tanks: Envisioning the peaceful return of Azerbaijanis to Armenia

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Opinion: TRIPP/Zangezur Corridor must serve both peace and connectivity

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Bridging Green Transitions: Advancing Azerbaijan–China Renewable Energy Cooperation Across Multilateral Platforms

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The AIR Center hosted a round table dedicated to the “Year of Constitution and Sovereignty”

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

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CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN PEACE PROCESS: CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

Analyses

The Evolution of Geopolitical Dynamics in the South Caucasus after the Second Karabakh War: The Foreign Policy Reorientation of Armenia and Azerbaijan

Analyses

THE MNEMONIC CONSTITUTION: SOVEREIGNTY AND COLLECTIVE MEMORY IN AZERBAIJAN

Analyses

Security Challenges in the Wider Black Sea Region and Opportunities for Cooperation with the Caspian Sea Region

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN-OCTOBER 2025

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In cars, not in tanks: Envisioning the peaceful return of Azerbaijanis to Armenia

At the conference marking the 80th anniversary of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences earlier this month, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev addressed one of the most sensitive issues that ...

12 November 2025 - 11:10

Opinion: TRIPP/Zangezur Corridor must serve both peace and connectivity

The Zangezur Corridor – recently rebranded as the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) — has become one of the most discussed and debated infras...

12 November 2025 - 10:56

Bridging Green Transitions: Advancing Azerbaijan–China Renewable Energy Cooperation Across Multilateral Platforms

As the global transition toward sustainable energy gains momentum, cooperation between Azerbaijan and China in green energy technologies has emerged as a strategic partnership with far-reaching eco...

06 November 2025 - 18:02

The AIR Center hosted a round table dedicated to the “Year of Constitution and Sovereignty”

On November 5, 2025, a roundtable discussion dedicated to the “Year of the Constitution and Sovereignty,” as well as an award ceremony for the winners of the competition announced on this topic, was held at the Center of...

05 November 2025 - 14:01

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. Indeed, the collapse of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia led to the emergence of new c...

04 November 2025 - 17:21

Farid Shafiyev: "Azerbaijan has strengthened its reputation as a reliable partner contributing to peace and stabili...

Since joining the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 2011, Azerbaijan has consistently demonstrated its commitment to the Bandung Principles, pursuing an independent and balanced foreign policy while prioritizing regional cooperation and...

27 October 2025 - 10:35

AIR Center’s Head of Department delivers speech on Azerbaijan’s role in the security of the Black Sea region

AIR Center’s Head of Department Shahmar Hajiyev delivered a speech at the “Black Sea Energy and Security International Conference” organized by the Navy League of the United States-Romania Council in the Romanian P...

25 October 2025 - 10:29

Post-conflict Azerbaijan transforms into a confident regional power

During the post-Soviet period, Azerbaijan experienced territorial fragmentation, faced various geopolitical challenges, and relied on support from external powers.  Nearly 20 per cent of its lands were occupied and destroyed by...

21 October 2025 - 11:49

The AIR Center publishes book on the Armenian Diaspora in the Middle East

The Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center) has published a book titled “Armenian Diaspora in the Middle East: History, Religion, Politics, Culture, Media, Education, and Social Activities.” (...

20 October 2025 - 16:29

Multimedia

INDIA–PAKISTAN RIVALRY: GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS AND GLOBAL STAKES

30 May 2025 - 12:10

AIR Center's introduction video

30 May 2025 - 12:08

The Main Obstacle to the Peace Agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia-10.12.2024

11 December 2024 - 12:26

Interview with Chief Executive Officer of COP29 Azerbaijan, Elnur Soltanov

05 October 2024 - 09:59

Yalchin Rafiyev, the Lead Negotiator for COP29, discusses Azerbaijan's vision and strategy.

23 September 2024 - 10:27

A year has passed since the September 19, 2023 anti-terror measures.

19 September 2024 - 10:30

The Return of Azerbaijani refugees to Armenia

08 July 2024 - 10:38

Bilateral relations between Italy, the EU, and Azerbaijan: Energy security and foreign policy

04 June 2024 - 11:23

DEVE Initiative's broadcast on the AIR Center’s activities, its priorities and future goals.

03 May 2024 - 11:35

"Reassessing Azerbaijan-China Relations: The Way Forward", 22-23 April, 2024, Baku

01 May 2024 - 11:38

Interview with Shi Jing, Assistant Researcher at the Institute for International Area Studies

29 April 2024 - 12:03

The Int'l Conference themed “Embracing Diversity: Tackling Islamophobia in 2024”- March 8-9, 2024

29 March 2024 - 12:09

Articles

In cars, not in tanks: Envisioning the peaceful return of Azerbaijanis to Armenia

At the conference marking the 80th anniversary of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences earlier this month, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev addressed one of the most sensitive issues that remains unresolved b...

12 November 2025 - 11:10

Opinion: TRIPP/Zangezur Corridor must serve both peace and connectivity

The Zangezur Corridor – recently rebranded as the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) — has become one of the most discussed and debated infrastructure projects in...

12 November 2025 - 10:56

Bridging Green Transitions: Advancing Azerbaijan–China Renewable Energy Cooperation Across Multilateral Platforms

As the global transition toward sustainable energy gains momentum, cooperation between Azerbaijan and China in green energy technologies has emerged as a strategic partnership with far-reaching economic, environmental...

06 November 2025 - 18:02

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. Indeed, the collapse of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia led to the eme...

04 November 2025 - 17:21

Post-conflict Azerbaijan transforms into a confident regional power

During the post-Soviet period, Azerbaijan experienced territorial fragmentation, faced various geopolitical challenges, and relied on support from external powers.  Nearly 20 per cent of its lands were occupied a...

21 October 2025 - 11:49

Azerbaijan Calls for Deeper Cooperation within the Organization of Turkic States

The 12th Summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), held on 7 October 2025 in Gabala, Azerbaijan, marked a decisive stage in the evolution of integration within the Turkic world. Under the theme “Regiona...

20 October 2025 - 09:36

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 part of contemporary international affairs. In addition to the volume an...

16 October 2025 - 14:28

Azerbaijan’s Energy Strategy and Evolving Export Policy

The global energy landscape has been undergoing profound changes in recent times due to escalating regional conflicts and heightened concerns about energy security. The increased volatility of fossil fuel markets and ...

15 October 2025 - 15:48

Multiculturalism, Islam, and the Perception and the Role of Women: The Azerbaijani Experience

Multiculturalism is a complex phenomenon which is grasped by people differently in the modern world. On the one hand, the leaders of Germany, Britain, and France in 2010-2011 declared that multiculturalism had failed ...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

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 States (OTS), Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

Javid Valiyev

Board Member of the AIR Center

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. Berdimuhamedov first met with Azerbaijani President Ilham A...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

Vasif Huseynov

Head of Department

In cars, not in tanks: Envisioning the peaceful return of Azerbaijanis to Armenia

At the conference marking the 80th anniversary of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences earlier this month, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev addressed one of the most sensitive issues that ...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

Masiagha Mahammadi

Senior Advisor

Shahmar Hajiyev

Head of Department

Azerbaijan’s Energy Strategy and Evolving Export Policy

The global energy landscape has been undergoing profound changes in recent times due to escalating regional conflicts and heightened concerns about energy security. The increased volatility of foss...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

Roza Bayramli

Leading advisor

Middle Corridor Expands with PRC’s Growing Role and TRIPP Agreement

On August 7, China Railway Container Transport Corp. Ltd (CRCT) joined the Middle Corridor Multimodal Ltd, a joint railway venture of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Georgia established in 2023, to fac...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

Dr. Gulshan Pashayeva

Board Member of the AIR Center

Multiculturalism, Islam, and the Perception and the Role of Women: The Azerbaijani Experience

Multiculturalism is a complex phenomenon which is grasped by people differently in the modern world. On the one hand, the leaders of Germany, Britain, and France in 2010-2011 declared that multicul...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

Mirzayeva Nasiba

Leading advisor

Anaklia Project: Strategic Importance and Challenges

The Anaklia deep-sea port project is one of the important projects planned to be implemented in Georgia. Thus, this project, which is as important as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project, aims to increa...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

Lala Khalilzade

Leading Advisor

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 through the pre- and post-independence periods in ...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

Nurad Mammadov

Advisor

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” was published on the “vzglyad.az” websi...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

Matin Mammadli

Senior advisor

One Of Main Objectives of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy: Integration With Turkic World – Analysis

In the contemporary foreign policy strategy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, integration with the Turkic world holds a pivotal place. Strengthening ties with Turkic states and enhancing cooperation t...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

Maryam Ismayilova

Advisor

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 part of contemporary international affairs. In addit...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

Fuad Abdullayev

Leading advisor

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 held strictly in a bilateral format. Only the offici...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

Sultan Zahidov

Leading advisor

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. Indeed, the collapse of the Soviet Union and Yugos...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

Vusal Guliyev

Leading advisor

Bridging Green Transitions: Advancing Azerbaijan–China Renewable Energy Cooperation Across Multilateral Platforms

As the global transition toward sustainable energy gains momentum, cooperation between Azerbaijan and China in green energy technologies has emerged as a strategic partnership with far-reaching eco...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

Huseyn Sultanli

Advisor

Azerbaijan-UK relations: A new chapter of opportunity and strategic alignment

The relationship between Azerbaijan and the United Kingdom recently experienced a new milestone. In Augus...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

Yunis Gurbanov

Senior advisor

Shifting Geopolitics in the South Caucasus: Washington Steps In

The South Caucasus, a geopolitically significant but narrow passway between Europe and Asia, has recently become the center of global focus once again The latest Washingt...

07 October 2025 - 13:48

Events

The AIR Center hosted a round table dedicated to the “Year of Constitution and Sovereignty”

The AIR Center hosted a round table dedicated to the “Year of Constitution and Sovereignty”

On November 5, 2025, a roundtable discussion dedicated to the “Year of the Constitution and Sovereignty,” as well as an award ceremony for the winners of the competition announced on this topic, was held at the Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center). In his opening speech, Chairman of the Board of the AIR Center, Farid Shafiyev, spoke about the significance of the first Constitution of independent Azerbaijan, which was prepared under the leadership of National Leader Heydar Aliyev and adopted through a nationwide referendum on November 12, 1995. He emphasized that today, our Constitution is fully operational across all the sovereign territories of our independent state. Farid Shafiyev underscored the significance of enhancing awareness of the key priorities of Azerbaijan’s foreign policy and the pressing issues of the inte...

05 November 2025 - 14:01

The AIR Center delegation holds productive meetings in Spain, signs MoU

From October 9 to11, 2025, the delegation of the Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center) visited Barcelona, Spain. Within the framework of the visit, supported by the Embassy of

13 October 2025 - 11:03

Baku hosted the OTS Think Tank Conference

The conference of think tanks of the member states of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), hosted by the Center of the Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center), was held on Septemb

29 September 2025 - 16:14

The AIR Center hosted an event in connection with September 27 - Remembrance Day

The Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center) hosted an event in connection with September 27 - Remembrance Day. The event was attended by the Center’s staff and interns.

26 September 2025 - 12:48

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Pakistan’s Center for Global and Strategic Studies
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 Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KazISS)
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Center for Iranian Studies, Türkiye
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Belarus Strategic Research Institution
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Centro De Estudios del Medio Oriente Contemporaneo
Danube Institute, Hungary
The Amadeus Institute, Morocco
HK+National Strategies Research Project Agency of Center for International Area Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
The Center for Foreign Policy Studies and International Initiatives (CFPS)
ICEUSR International Center for Eurasian Studies and Research at the University of Perugia
ISIA – Italian Insitute for Asia
Ibn Haldun University
The Republican Center for Strategic Studies (INASS)
Anteo Edizioni publishing house
The Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS)
Center for Eurasian Studies (AVİM)
Ágora Diplomática
University of Toronto’s Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (CERES)
The Middle East Institute (MEI)
New Direction, Bruxelles
Foundation of Strategic and International Studies (FESEI)
New Strategy Center, Romania
The Center for Strategic Studies under the Foreign Ministry of Turkey
Russian International Affairs Council
ANKASAM, Türkiye
Espaco Caspio, Brazil
Columbia University Press
CREES, El Salvador
CARI, Argentina
National Institute for Strategic Studies, Ukraine
South Korean Institute for Eurasian Turkic Studies
Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies
The Center For Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies (CEMOC) of Buenos Aires
Middle East Studies Center
Muslim Institute
Islamabad Policy Research Institute
RASANAH-International Institute for Iranian Studies
Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Hungary (IFAT)
Euro-Gulf Information Centre (EGIC)
China Institute of International Studies (CIIS)
China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)
National Institute for Strategic Studies of the Kyrgyz Republic
Shaanxi Normal University
Institute For Strategic and Regional Studies Under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan
Pakistan’s Center for Global and Strategic Studies
Measac Research Centre
Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan (KazISS)
Center for Iranian Studies, Türkiye
International Centre for Black Sea Studies (ICBSS)
Belarus Strategic Research Institution
Centro De Estudios del Medio Oriente Contemporaneo
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