Posts From Rovshan Pashazade
Mehriban Alakbarzadeh: Humanity is responsible for the spread of evil
Interview with Ms Mehriban Alakbarzadeh, Artistic Director of AzTV CJSC, Laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Honoured Art Worker of Azerbaijan, for Azerbaijan Today Magazine. Questions prepared by Rovshan Pashazadeh. A.T.: Hüseyn Javid, often referred
Read More
Independent Thought and State Sovereignty
By Rovshan Pashazadeh Independent thinking often means being prepared to face criticism, disagreement and external pressure. This applies not only to individuals but also to states seeking to protect their national interests and pursue an independent political course. For Azerbaijan,
Read More
An interview with Ms. Nargis Wieck, Executive Director of AHK Azerbaijan for Azerbaijan Today magazine
Questions prepared by Rovshan Pashazadeh. A.T.: How would you assess the current level of economic and trade relations between Germany and Azerbaijan? N. W.: I see a well-established trading relationship that is ready for deeper business cooperation. Germany is already
Read More
Trump’s Russian Diesel Deal: Energy, Political Calculations and the Global Balance of Power
By Yücel Karauz, retired Brigadier General of the Turkish Armed Forces and strategy expert, and Dr Carsten Sander Christensen U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to temporarily authorise certain transactions involving Russian-origin diesel has raised questions about its economic and geopolitical
Read More
US Strengthens Central Asia’s Cybersecurity: A New Dimension of C5+1 Cooperation
The United States’ allocation of US$5 million to support cybersecurity in Central Asia highlights the growing strategic importance of digital security, artificial intelligence and technological infrastructure in Washington’s engagement with the region. The United States has allocated US$5 million to
Read More
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
Read More
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
Read More
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
Read More
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
Read More
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
Read More