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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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Mind the gap! The diplomats mediating between Armenia and Azerbaijan realise that the gap between them and the Presidents is not simply the huge empty table between them.
Mind the gap! The diplomats mediating between Armenia and Azerbaijan realise that the gap between them and the Presidents is not simply the huge empty table between them.
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Mind the gap! The diplomats mediating between Armenia and Azerbaijan realise that the gap between them and the Presidents is not simply the huge empty table between them.

5 February 2014
The diplomats mediating between Armenia and Azerbaijan realise that the gap between them and the Presidents is not simply the huge empty table between them.
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Year starts badly on Karabakh front line.The first month of the year has been marred with daily incidents and the the death of several persons.
Year starts badly on Karabakh front line.The first month of the year has been marred with daily incidents and the the death of several persons.
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Year starts badly on Karabakh front line.The first month of the year has been marred with daily incidents and the the death of several persons.

30 January 2014
The first month of the year has been marred with daily incidents and the the death of several persons on both sides of the line of contact.
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Armenian and Azerbaijani civilians caught in cross-fire in incidents around the Tovuz sector of the line of contact in which civilians were injured.
Armenian and Azerbaijani civilians caught in cross-fire in incidents around the Tovuz sector of the line of contact in which civilians were injured.
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Armenian and Azerbaijani civilians caught in cross-fire in incidents around the Tovuz sector of the line of contact in which civilians were injured.

24 January 2014
Both sides have reported incidents in the last twenty four hours around the Tovuz sector of the line of contact in which civilians were injured.
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Serious escalation of situation around the Karabakh conflict zone. Azerbaijani Air Force flies over line of contact as situation on the ground gets more tense.
Serious escalation of situation around the Karabakh conflict zone. Azerbaijani Air Force flies over line of contact as situation on the ground gets more tense.
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Serious escalation of situation around the Karabakh conflict zone. Azerbaijani Air Force flies over line of contact as situation on the ground gets more tense.

24 January 2014
Azerbaijani Air Force flies over line of contact as situation on the ground gets more tense.
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Shooting and sharp words ahead of meeting. Incidents on the front line have created a difficult atmosphere ahead of Paris talks.
Shooting and sharp words ahead of meeting. Incidents on the front line have created a difficult atmosphere ahead of Paris talks.
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Shooting and sharp words ahead of meeting. Incidents on the front line have created a difficult atmosphere ahead of Paris talks.

22 January 2014
The Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan are due to meet in Paris on 24 January but incidents on the front line have created a difficult atmosphere ahead.
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