The US should stay away from Azerbaijan-Iran tensions
Encouraging Baku at this moment could very well complicate Washington’s efforts to calm tensions across the Caucasus.
Eldar Mamedov has degrees from the University of Latvia and the Diplomatic School in Madrid, Spain. He has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia and as a diplomat in Latvian embassies in Washington D.C. and Madrid. Since 2007, Mamedov has served as a political adviser for the social-democrats in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (EP) and is in charge of the EP delegations for inter-parliamentary relations with Iran, Iraq, the Arabian Peninsula, and Mashreq.
Encouraging Baku at this moment could very well complicate Washington’s efforts to calm tensions across the Caucasus.
Don’t the hawks know that opposing the nuclear deal is giving the hardliners essentially what they want?
Full blown support for Baku doesn’t serve American interests, particularly as it could lead toward conflict with Iran.
The prevailing wisdom that all fault for animosity between the two countries lies with Tehran does not serve American interests.