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The South Caucasus – a region encompassing Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia - is one of strategic importance, not only for adjacent countries, such as Turkiye, Russia, Iran and the Central Asian states, but also for neighbours such as the European Union and the GCC states, and globally for the United States, India, China, Pakistan and Japan.

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The South Caucasus is no longer Russia’s backyard
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The South Caucasus is no longer Russia’s backyard

27 August 2025
For decades, Russia has stood at the centre of the South Caucasus’ security order. No peace deal, no war settlement, no major infrastructure project could be imagined without Moscow’s involvement. Yet this year, for the first time in Azerbaijan’s modern history, that assumption has been openly challenged. A series of diplomatic clashes between Baku and Moscow, followed last week by the U.S.-mediated summit in Washington, show that Azerbaijan is willing to confront Russia more directly than ever before, and that the South Caucasus may now be shifting away from Moscow at an accelerated pace.
Simona Scotti

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Azerbaijani public diplomacy activists opt for transparency as best defence. Official Baku says that public diplomacy is wrong, but civil society activists in Azerbaijan and worldwide are not impressed.
Azerbaijani public diplomacy activists opt for transparency as best defence. Official Baku says that public diplomacy is wrong, but civil society activists in Azerbaijan and worldwide are not impressed.
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Azerbaijani public diplomacy activists opt for transparency as best defence. Official Baku says that public diplomacy is wrong, but civil society activists in Azerbaijan and worldwide are not impressed.

30 April 2014
Official Baku says that public diplomacy is wrong, but civil society activists in Azerbaijan and worldwide are not impressed.
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US supports people to people contacts.James Warlick tweeted shortly after the arrest in Baku of prominent public diplomacy activist Leyla Yunus.
US supports people to people contacts.James Warlick tweeted shortly after the arrest in Baku of prominent public diplomacy activist Leyla Yunus.
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US supports people to people contacts.James Warlick tweeted shortly after the arrest in Baku of prominent public diplomacy activist Leyla Yunus.

29 April 2014
Ambassador James Warlick says that track two programs bring trust and understanding between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.His tweet came shortly after the arrest in Baku of prominent public diplomacy activist Leyla Yunus.
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Ninety-nine years later. The events in Eastern Anatolia in 1915 are a blot on 20th century world history.
Ninety-nine years later. The events in Eastern Anatolia in 1915 are a blot on 20th century world history.
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Ninety-nine years later. The events in Eastern Anatolia in 1915 are a blot on 20th century world history.

25 April 2014
The events in Eastern Anatolia in 1915 are a blot on 20th century world history. The massacre of hundreds of thousands of civilians, most of them Armenians, in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire, has left a huge scar that has never been healed.
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Aliev on official visit in Iran. The visit could mark a new chapter in relations between the two countries.
Aliev on official visit in Iran. The visit could mark a new chapter in relations between the two countries.
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Aliev on official visit in Iran. The visit could mark a new chapter in relations between the two countries.

9 April 2014
The Azerbaijani leader has met with President Rohani and is also due to meet with the spiritual leader, Ayattolah Khamanei. The visit could mark a new chapter in relations between the two countries.
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Erdogan on Karabakh: "No Concessions". The one day visit of the Turkish Premier to Baku has consolidated Azerbaijani-Turkish relations.
Erdogan on Karabakh: "No Concessions". The one day visit of the Turkish Premier to Baku has consolidated Azerbaijani-Turkish relations.
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Erdogan on Karabakh: "No Concessions". The one day visit of the Turkish Premier to Baku has consolidated Azerbaijani-Turkish relations.

5 April 2014
The one day visit of the Turkish Prime Minister to Baku has consolidated Azerbaijani-Turkish relations, with both countries pledging continued support to each other.
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