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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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Azerbaijan commemorates Black January. On 20 January 1990 twenty-six thousand Soviet troops entered Baku, crushing popular protests .
Azerbaijan commemorates Black January. On 20 January 1990 twenty-six thousand Soviet troops entered Baku, crushing popular protests .
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Azerbaijan commemorates Black January. On 20 January 1990 twenty-six thousand Soviet troops entered Baku, crushing popular protests .

20 January 2014
On 20 January 1990 twenty-six thousand Soviet troops entered Baku, crushing popular protests in support of Azerbaijani statehood and killing dozens
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Aliev meets Lefort in Brussels. "the sides exchanged views on the current state and prospects for bilateral ties between Azerbaijan and the EU.
Aliev meets Lefort in Brussels. "the sides exchanged views on the current state and prospects for bilateral ties between Azerbaijan and the EU.
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Aliev meets Lefort in Brussels. "the sides exchanged views on the current state and prospects for bilateral ties between Azerbaijan and the EU.

16 January 2014
The meeting with the EU Special Representative for the Caucasus came ahead of President Aliev's visit to NATO HQs.
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Aliev unenthusiastic about current Karabakh negotiations, says 2013 had been a year of stagnation with some movement towards the end.
Aliev unenthusiastic about current Karabakh negotiations, says 2013 had been a year of stagnation with some movement towards the end.
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Aliev unenthusiastic about current Karabakh negotiations, says 2013 had been a year of stagnation with some movement towards the end.

10 January 2014
The Azerbaijani leader said 2013 had been a year of stagnation in the negotiations, but there was some movement towards the end of the year.
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The self-immolation of a Karabakh war veteran rattles Azerbaijan. The man who set fire to himself dies and is buried triggering street protests and on-line outrage
The self-immolation of a Karabakh war veteran rattles Azerbaijan. The man who set fire to himself dies and is buried triggering street protests and on-line outrage
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The self-immolation of a Karabakh war veteran rattles Azerbaijan. The man who set fire to himself dies and is buried triggering street protests and on-line outrage

30 December 2013
The man who set fire to himself dies and is buried triggering street protests and on-line outrage
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