In Azerbaijan, pain and loss drive war fever
As dusk fell, the sound of wailing carried on the soft evening breeze. Women filled the courtyard of a small house, keening over a coffin draped in the national flag. Men clustered in hushed groups in the narrow alley outside. The working-class neighborhood of Ahmedli, ...
Little war in the Caucasus has big lessons for U.S. and Russia
The resumption of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh against Armenia, a longtime enemy of Turkey, indicates the war is part of a larger Turkish power play.
Putin, long the sower of instability, is now surrounded by it
Concurrent crises have blindsided the Kremlin, undermining the Russian leader's image as a master tactician on the world stage.
War in the Caucasus will spread to Russia and Turkey
What is particularly dangerous in this latest flare-up is that Moscow and Ankara are strongly backing different horses.
Fiercest clashes since 1990s rage in Azerbaijan's ethnic Armenian enclave
Fighting escalated sharply on Monday between Azerbaijan and its ethnic Armenian mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and at least 55 people were killed in a second day of heavy clashes. The two sides pounded each other with rockets and artillery in the fiercest round of the ...
Azeris and Armenians plunge into war as Russia and Turkey look on
Conflict has broken out repeatedly since Armenians took control of Nagorno-Karabakh from Azerbaijan in a war after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
Clashes resume on Azerbaijan-Armenia border over separatist region
Border clashes erupted again early on Thursday between arch-foes Azerbaijan and Armenia, officials in both countries said, following a pause in fighting amid a flare-up over a decades-long territorial dispute. At least 16 people on both sides have been killed since border clashes erupted on ...
With a month to go until the host of the 2025 World Expo is selected, Osaka officials are casting a nervous eye toward Baku.
War returns to the Caucasus region
The frozen war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has thawed, with serious implications for the region.
The best interests of the Caucasian talk circle
The Caucasus is among the world's most divided and incoherent regions, as the three republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia have failed to learn, economically or politically, from similarly linked groups of countries such as the Baltic states. Is it too late for the ...
Azerbaijan's elite wooing British lawmakers
It operates from an exclusive Mayfair address and throws lavish parties for politicians of all parties. Ostensibly an independent trade body, The European Azerbaijan Society (TEAS) regularly takes members of Parliament, members of the European Parliament and British government officials on trips to the ...
While on outstanding terms diplomatically and politically, Japan and Azerbaijan still have room for improvement on the economic front, Azerbaijan Ambassador to Japan Gursel Ismayilzada said Thursday. Ismayilzada, who paid a courtesy visit to The Japan Times, said Azerbaijan has seen Japanese investment rise in ...
