European policy in the South Caucasus is increasingly caught between proclaimed values and pragmatic interests. While headlines often portray Azerbaijan’s suspension of parliamentary cooperation with the European Parliament as a routine diplomatic spat between Brussels and Baku, the move reveals something more significant: a profound transformation in Europe’s relations with the post-Soviet space—one increasingly defined […]

On the second anniversary of his imprisonment, Farid Mehralizada reflects on life behind bars, the humanity of the prison economy, and the AI photo of him with the daughter he has barely seen.

Azerbaijan is rapidly moving closer to the United States and NATO as Washington redirects its geopolitical focus from the Russo-Ukrainian War toward the South Caucasus. Azerbaijan’s expanding military, political, and strategic cooperation with the West risks turning the region into a new center of geopolitical confrontation involving Russia, Iran, and Western powers. “To be the […]

The eighth summit of the European Political Community (EPC) and the Armenia–France (EU) summit, which took place on 4‑5 May in Yerevan, coincided with the period of acute geopolitical events. These meetings bore witness to troubling shifts in the policy of Nikol Pashinyan. But what will be the consequences of the Armenian Prime Minister’s decisions? […]