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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“Eternal Friendship” — Baku and Tashkent Are Shaping a New Geopolitical Axis in Eurasia
By Mushvig Mammadli is a Member of the Milli Majlis (National Assembly) . To view President Ilham Aliyev’s state visit to Uzbekistan merely as another stage in the relations between two brotherly nations would significantly underestimate its geopolitical scope. In
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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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3 Nations, 4 Chokepoints: The Future of Global Maritime Power After the Mecca Defense Pact
By Abdul Quddoos, journalist. In the final decade of the 20th century, India began presenting itself as a potential regional sea power and a possible guardian of global maritime trade between East and West. Over the following 25 to 30
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The Migration Crisis at Ceuta – Why Europe Was Paralyzed
By Dr. Carsten Sander Christensen At the beginning of August 2026, Europe witnessed one of the most dramatic migrations emergencies since the refugee crisis of 2015. Within a matter of days, an estimated 60,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into the
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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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