Posts by ARVAK
Quid pro quo in Turkish-Azerbaijani relations
Experts tend to believe that the success of Azerbaijani offensive in the fall of 2020 was due to the high degree of Ankara’s involvement in the Karabakh war.
Abkhazia on the front line of the Russian-Turkish confrontation
In late January 2025, international media circulated a document with a request from a close associate of R. Erdogan, Turkish MP and the leader of the radical “Nationalist Movement Party” Devlet Bahceli, addressed to Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan.
The Turkish aspect of the Arab-Israeli reconciliation
On January 19, 2025, a six-week ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian “radical group” Hamas came into effect in the Gaza Strip, aiming to end the 15-month-long war.
Covert “Gas Wars” between Israel and Turkey
The events at the end of 2024 in Syria have revived the international agenda on the trans-regional energy route from the Persian Gulf to Europe.
About some theses from I. Aliyev’s interview
The aggressive statements made by the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, during an interview with the local media on January 7, 2025, were quite unexpected.
“New Middle East” vs. “Ottoman Caliphate”
After the fall of the Bashar Assad regime, the contradictions between Turkey and Israel in Syria have intensified, revealing a fundamental divergence in their views on the future of the Middle East and, accordingly, their roles in its reorganization.
Turkish-Israeli confrontation in the context of the NATO strategy
On January 7, 2025, The Jerusalem Post acknowledged about a report prepared by the Nagel Committee (Defense Budget and Security Strategy Analysis Commission, established in 2024) for the Israeli government.
The crash of the AZAL liner in the context of I. Aliyev’s Russian policy
The crash of the Embraer E190 aircraft of the Azerbaijani airline AZAL on December 25, 2024, revealed the fact that, contrary to their declared statements, relations between Russia and Azerbaijan are experiencing a difficult period.
On Turkey’s new natural gas ambitions
After the collapse of B. Assad's regime in Syria, there has been increased discussion in the global media about the “Qatar Gas Pipeline”, which is planned to run from the Persian Gulf to Europe.
Baku’s failure on the “Indian track”
On December 16, 2024, it became known that Baku was attempting to secure arms supply contracts with India through the mediation of a “third country”.