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The Informal Summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), held on May 20-21, 2025, in Budapest, Hungary, marked a significant milestone in the organization’s growing geopolitical influence.

Medinsky, previously known for claiming that the Russian people have “an extra chromosome” and for his scandal-ridden doctoral thesis plagued with plagiarism, once again demonstrated a loose grasp of facts and geography.

Since 2023, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have intensified efforts to build a coalition of Turkic-speaking nations, uniting countries from Turkey to Kyrgyzstan on the basis of shared language, history, and culture.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s April 2025 state visit to China, culminating in the signing of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, marks a significant elevation in bilateral relations.

Over the past week, the conflict between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II has reached a new level of escalation.

The affinity between Pakistan and Azerbaijan is deep-rooted, especially amongst the people from both sides.

Leading Indian outlets rushed to label the meeting as an “anti-India alliance,” accusing the Baku–Ankara–Islamabad trio of having no foreign policy goal other than to spite poor but proud India.

Baku using close ties with Jerusalem and Ankara to mediate between rival heavyweights, as they both maneuver in Syria’s post-Assad landscape.

Pashinyan and his team must also quell internal reactionary forces, who collectively complain about the absence of mechanisms to protect against external threats.

Today, however, Azerbaijan controls its resources independently. It speaks of gas exports with full sovereignty—backed by a new level of political, economic, and military security around its pipelines.

The Türkiye Axis rises as Erdoğan, Aliyev and Sharif strengthen regional unity and strategic ties.

In a rapidly shifting global geopolitical landscape, the role of so-called middle powers is becoming increasingly prominent.

Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan boost smart oil strategies as U.S. lifts CPC sanctions and transit routes diversify.

Lavrov’s visit to Yerevan was a calculated move to reaffirm Russia’s presence in Armenia at a time when Yerevan’s foreign policy is showing signs of diversification.

The piece explores the possibility of former and current U.S. President Donald Trump becoming involved in brokering peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the aftermath of the 2023 Second Karabakh War.

What is the potential of Azerbaijan joining the Abraham Accords in the near future?

Five months have passed since that tragic day when 38 lives were lost in the skies over Kazakhstan.

There, in Lachin, Presidents Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Türkiye officially opened Lachin International Airport — the third airport built on territories liberated from Armenian occupation.

In the contemporary foreign policy strategy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, integration with the Turkic world holds a pivotal place.

It all began after the Treaty of Turkmenchay, when Russia initiated the organized resettlement of ethnic Armenians from Persia and the Ottoman Empire to historical Azerbaijani territories of the Irevan and Karabakh khanates.

That criminal venture, which lasted for nearly 30 years, ended in total failure: Armenian separatism was eradicated at the root.

After a prolonged political isolation, Damascus has broken the barrier of loneliness and is stepping towards establishing relations with its counterparts, in an attempt to regain its international standing.

Fars News Agency, closely affiliated with the IRGC, used Eurovision to highlight Baku’s growing ties with Israel and amplify anti-Israel rhetoric.

Azerbaijan’s long-standing, strategic ties with Israel make it a strong candidate for the next Abraham Accords signatory, offering Washington a valuable opportunity to expand regional normalization beyond the Gulf.