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Participating world leaders and delegates pose for a family photo during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on November 12, 2024.

Did COP29 deliver real climate solutions?

The world needed to agree on how much rich nations would pay poorer nations for climate financing. After a walkout in Baku, delegates agreed on a figure that was cheered by some and derided by others.

Nazareth Seferian 27 November 2024

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (C) stands between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (R) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (L) at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) on February 17, 2024.

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South Caucasus at a crossroads between prosperity and further conflict

After winning his fifth term in office, one of Azerbaijan President Aliyev's most pressing priorities will be reaching a peace treaty with Armenia

Omer Onhon 28 February 2024

Humanitarian concerns mount as tide turns in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

After almost three decades, Azerbaijan has restored its sovereignty over Karabakh. More than half of 120,000 or so Armenians have already left and many more are expected to follow.

Omer Onhon 29 September 2023

Smoke rises from artillery strikes on a hilltop outside Stepanakert, the capital of the Armenian-populated separatist region within Azerbaijani borders on September 19, 2023.

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Recent flare-up shows geopolitical drivers of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

With various regional and global players having vested interests in the South Caucasus, resolving the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is ever more urgent. Al Majalla explains.

Omer Onhon 20 September 2023

A serviceman of Karabakh's Defence Army fires an artillery piece towards Azeri positions during fighting over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region on September 28, 2020.

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Seven months of crippling blockade in Nagorno-Karabakh

An Azerbaijani-imposed blockade has placed the Armenian population on the brink of starvation. But the world has turned a blind eye to what is happening.

Vicken Cheterian 31 July 2023

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca and Georgiam Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili attend the signing of a memorandum in Bucharest on the establishment of a power line that will bring electricity from Azerbaijan, in Bucharest, Romania, December 17, 2022. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS

Four Leaders Sign Agreement To Bring Green Azeri Energy To Europe

The leaders of Azerbaijan, Georgia, Romania, and Hungary signed an agreement on the construction of an electric cable running under the Black Sea to carry green Azeri energy from planned Caspian Sea…

18 December 2022

Armenian soldiers on the back of a truck. Photo: AFP

South Caucasus in Turmoil

On November 16th, clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh left 15 Armenian soldiers killed, and according to the latest reports 24 Armenian servicemen remain unaccounted for…

Maia Otarashvili 19 November 2021

Fehim Taştekin, the well-known analyst and journalist who is an expert on Turkish foreign affairs. (Supplied)

Erdogan Approaches Washington and Brussels, Shuns Moscow

Since the beginning of this year, Turkey has been attempting to approach the United States particularly after the arrival of the incumbent President Joe Biden to the White House. This practically…

Jiwan Soz 02 July 2021

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