Posts From Rovshan Pashazade
Strategic Transformation of Russia Along the South Caucasus Axis and Its Implications for the Turkic World
By Yucel KarauzIntroduction and Strategic Framework Mainstream Western strategic analyses arguing that Russia is “weakening, declining, or hurtling toward inevitable collapse” are incomplete and fail to align with ground realities. Moscow continues to project global and regional influence far beyond
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Ilham Aliyev Attends the Inauguration of the Gobustan Solar Power Plant
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended the inauguration of the 100 MW Gobustan Solar Power Plant in Baku’s Garadagh District on 16 September. Minister of Energy Parviz Shahbazov, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Azerbaijan
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Bank Respublika and AccessBank Shareholders Approve Landmark Transaction
The shareholders of Bank Respublika and AccessBank have approved the principal terms of a strategic transaction under which Bank Respublika will acquire 100 per cent of AccessBank’s shares. The transaction is expected to be completed by November 2026. As part
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The Global Cost of Wars: From Ukraine to Hormuz — Energy, Inflation and the Food Security Crisis
By İsmail Cingoz, International Politics Expert Twenty-first-century wars no longer devastate only the countries fighting on the battlefield. The Russia–Ukraine War, the intensifying U.S.–Iran conflict in 2026, and geopolitical tensions stretching from the Black Sea to the Red Sea and
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Europe in the Shadow of Glasnost and Perestroika
By Dr. Carsten Sander Christensen From Gorbachev’s opening of the Soviet system to today’s European dilemmas over Ukraine Few political reforms of the twentieth century had consequences as far beyond their original purpose as Mikhail Gorbachev’s ‘glasnost’ and ‘perestroika’. Introduced
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Four and a Half Years of Full-Scale War
By Oleksandr Fediienko, Head of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Government Communications, and Cryptographic Information Protection of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence. Four and a half years of full-scale war have changed not only
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The Zangezur Knot Around Iran’s Neck? Generals Issue Warnings as the Caravan Moves On…
By Farhad Mammadov, for haqqin.az The recent anniversary of the peace summit involving Azerbaijan, Armenia and the United States, held at the White House last August, together with new statements issued by Washington, Baku and Yerevan in this context, has
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Kazakhstan is Preparing For the AI Era Through a Coherent National Model Rather Than a Series of Isolated Projects
An Interview with Mr Sayasat Nurbek, Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, for Azerbaijan Today Magazine. Questions prepared by Carsten Sander Christensen and Rovshan Pashazadeh. A.T.: Over the past two decades, Kazakhstan has undergone a major
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The Zangezur Corridor: A Geopolitical Turning Point in the South Caucasus and a New Strategic Axis for Eurasia
By Yujel Karauz, Turkish Military Attaché to Azerbaijan (during 2011/13) The South Caucasus has historically been one of the world’s most strategically contested regions. Situated between Europe and Asia and connecting the Black Sea, the Caspian Basin, Russia, Türkiye, Iran,
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How AI Is Transforming Marketing in Azerbaijan
By Nigar Salamzada Artificial intelligence, once futuristic, is now a routine part of the marketing toolkit, alongside web analytics, CRM systems, and targeted advertising. The question today isn’t whether to use AI, but how to integrate it effectively. AI is
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