Azerbaijan News News Azerbaijan » Politics: Daughter of Political Prisoner in Azerbaijan: Gov’t Is Using COP29 as Chance to “Enrich the Regime”
In Baku, Azerbaijan, Democracy Now! continues our coverage of the 2024 U.N. climate summit and its host country’s record on human rights. “Considering that our economy is completely relying on oil and ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Make Azerbaijan Release Its Political Prisoners | Opinion
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Despite its claims to the contrary, the South Caucasus nation of ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan becomes center of new geo-economic map
BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 11. The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is entering a new phase of Azerbaijan’s regional development strategy. Having been under blockade for many years, yet developing its ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Why America needs Azerbaijan as a bulwark against Iran | Opinion
Azerbaijan is the bulwark against two U.S. adversaries — Iran and Russia — and Washington should deepen its strategic presence in the South Caucasus accordingly. That means expanding security ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Azerbaijan’s jailed opposition leader urges reconciliation with West
Ali Karimli has spent nearly half a year languishing in a grisly Baku jail cell on contested treason charges. The veteran leader of Azerbaijan’s pro-democracy opposition party, 61, has long accused ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan move toward a new stage of economic cooperation — analysis
BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 23. The allied relations between Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan are gradually entering a new phase, in which political trust is increasingly underpinned by economic ties. Growing ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Azerbaijan’s Mistreatment of Armenian POWs—Human Trophies or Hostages? | Opinion
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) draws near ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Azerbaijan: Crackdown on political opposition intensified in 2025
"Azerbaijani authorities should immediately release all individuals detained solely for peaceful political activity, [and] lift restrictions on political opposition" - HRW This statement was ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Peace Talks Between Armenia And Azerbaijan: Legal Obstacles And Political Manipulations – OpEd
The South Caucasus is on the verge of history, with a real chance of a peace agreement being signed between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Negotiations are being conducted directly between the two countries ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Playing with fire
It was all going so well. Back in 2012 oil and gas-rich Azerbaijan was aggressively promoting itself in the West. It opened an art palace designed by Zaha Hadid in the capital, Baku, and played host ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Putin's Azerbaijan Visit Signals Russia's Waning Influence In The South Caucasus
Russian President Vladimir Putin, making his first visit to Azerbaijan in six years, marveled at how Baku, the capital city, had developed. "It's an oasis, I would say, in the region," he said at an ...
News Azerbaijan » Politics: Trump presides over Armenia-Azerbaijan peace framework, upstaging Russia
President Donald Trump welcomed the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to the White House on Friday and presided over the signing of a peace framework designed to normalize relations between the ...