Azerbaijan: Approaching crisis point
By NATIG JAFARLI* European Council on Foreign Relations This article is part of ECFR’s Wider Europe Forum Azerbaijan’s economic and political systems have been destined [more >>>]
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The World Bank is contemplating bailouts for two of the most corrupt petro-states on the planet
By STEVE LeVINE qz.com The 19-month plunge in oil prices has already confounded analysts and cost the global energy sector hundreds of thousands of jobs. [more >>>]
Has Turkey dropped from the League of Free World?
By M. BEHZAD FATMI vocaleurope.eu Think of a country where a woman is demonised merely for saying “children should not die”. Think of a country [more >>>]
El Confidencial: Many European states pretend that they are not aware about situation in Azerbaijan
armenpress.am YEREVAN – Popular Spanish “El Confidencial” newspaper published an article headlined “End of caviar politics?” which touches upon the economic and political situation in [more >>>]
This Man Has the Toughest Job in Turkey
By JARED MALSIN TIME Selahattin Demirtas heads HDP, Turkey’s main opposition party and a Kurdish force — which means he’s caught in Turkey’s political divide [more >>>]
Engaging Iran: Implications for the South Caucasus
By RICHARD GIRAGOSIAN and TORNIKE SHARASHENIDZE European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) As the US Congress prepares to formally consider the Iran nuclear deal, the [more >>>]
EU and Azerbaijan: Breaking Up or Muddling Through?
By ELDAR MAMADOV* eurasianet.org EurasiaNet Commentary Just three months ago, Azerbaijan was playing host to the inaugural European Games. These days, it seems as though [more >>>]
Politics and diplomacy in Turkey: time to talk
By WILLIAM GOURLAY* opendemocracy.net Beset by domestic and regional crises, Turkey has adopted a defensive posture where dialogue would be preferable. The news coming out [more >>>]
A Turkish Stadium Harbors a Stark Message for Multiculturalism
By JAMES DORSEY* The Huffington Post A condemned Turkish stadium harbours a dark warning of the long-term consequences of ethnic cleansing or what Turks euphemistically [more >>>]
The human costs of “strategic partnerships” with South Caucasian states
By RICHARD D. KAUZLARICH (Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe)* Brookings Institution I write this as I learn of [more >>>]