How the budding Azerbaijan-Israel alliance is more than just ‘good business’
Add Turkey to the mix and see how this is building to become the next step in a strategic security axis against Iran.
Add Turkey to the mix and see how this is building to become the next step in a strategic security axis against Iran.
The election of a hardliner could augur a more security-oriented approach by Tehran toward Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Constant consideration of intervening in the region inflames tensions with local powers, including Russia.
Azerbaijan is just one of many client governments whose war crimes the U.S. ignores to keep military assistance flowing.
The question will be what President Erdogan, who said the declaration opened “a wound” in US-Turkey relations, will do.
Iran stands to be one of the winners of the new regional transportation map.
Azerbaijan’s decisive military victory has forced Tehran to accommodate to Baku in ways it did not before.
Recent events in central Asia and western Africa have had a major impact on world power geopolitics.
For now, Erdogan has strengthened his position in a rejiggering of the balance of power in the Caucasus between not only Russia and Turkey, but also Iran.
The Turkish president recited a poem at a recent victory celebration in Azerbaijan that triggered the Iranians.
Turkey helped Azerbaijan win on the battlefield, but what Ankara stands to gain geopolitically remains to be seen.
The complicated nature of the geopolitics of the region has made it more difficult for Iran to clearly define its policy towards the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia have breathed a collective sigh of relief following signs of de-escalation between Tehran and Washington.