The negotiating documents on Karabakh released by the Armenian government have, as expected, drawn the attention of both Azerbaijani experts and the broader public.

Karabakh remains Armenia’s dominant domestic political issue — a fact reaffirmed by the government’s recent publication of long-concealed negotiation documents on the conflict.

A rather strange appeal was recently published from by former US State Department Josh Paul and the Armenian National Committee of America signed by a long list of Palestinian and other organisations. The appeal did not praise peace coming to the Middle East, which has seen eight decades of conflict, but rather aggressively attacked Azerbaijan as unfit to be part of the planned 20,000-strong International Stabilization Force (ISF).

In recent months, debate within the European Union has intensified over a potential EU role in implementing the TRIPP project—the so-called “Trump Route,” which forms part of the Zangezur Corridor and fits into a broader system of transregional connectivity.

Five years ago, around these very days, a remarkable event took place. On December 1, 2020, the withdrawal of Armenian occupation forces from Azerbaijani territory was completed on the basis of the Trilateral Statement signed in the night of November 10 that same year.

The peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia is unfolding steadily, systematically, and consistently — and most importantly, almost entirely without outside mediation.

Among recent developments, one important event went largely unnoticed by the media: the fourth meeting of the Azerbaijan–Israel Joint Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation.

The situation surrounding the American peace plan for Ukraine is becoming increasingly uncertain — and increasingly scandalous. The plan, which originally had 28 points, has already been reduced to 22 and continues to be “refined” during negotiations in Abu Dhabi.

Russia, which only on rare occasions manages to pretend it has tucked away its imperial ego for the sake of some short-term whim, is hardly capable of abandoning its expansionist reflexes. And certain talking heads make sure Russia’s neighbors never forget this defining trait of the Kremlin’s political class.

Despite its strategic location, Iran’s sanctions exposure and regulatory unreliability have made it difficult to insert itself within the region’s burgeoning trade networks.