Publication
The Caucasus Muslim administration in Baku’s Anti-Armenian Strategy
It appears that Azerbaijan's leadership, while seemingly refraining from openly escalating anti-Armenian rhetoric as the international community anticipates a peace treaty with Yerevan, may have authorized the Caucasus Muslim Administration (CMA) to undermine the peace process and potentially derail agreements.
On Israel’s plans to deport Palestinians from Gaza by force
Alexander A. Svarants(1)(2)
1. The end of the Gaza Strip war...
Demographic Reshape of Ukraine: Conspiracy or Reality?
The ARVAK Comment is devoted to the current situation around the Ukrainian conflict and the negotiation process between Russia and Ukraine through the mediation of the USA.
International Transport Corridors & Their Impact on Regional Security
The strength of a state’s position in the international system is largely determined by the success of its economic development.
Shallowing of Caspian Sea in regional politics of RF and IRI campaign
Azerbaijan has expressed significant concern about the environmental situation in the Caspian Sea. In recent assessments experts have posited the cyclical nature of the current shallowing of the world’s largest closed reservoir.
On challenges confronting Turkey in Central Asia
Recent developments in Central Asia have highlighted significant challenges for Turkey’s foreign policy in the region.
Yemen and the U.S. policy in the Middle East
From mid-March 2025 the United States launched air strikes on the territories controlled by the Yemeni Houthis. Symptomatically the operation was first announced not by the Pentagon, but by the U.S. President Donald Trump personally on his online page Truth Social.
Azerbaijan and the Turkish-Israeli consensus on the SAR
The Turkish-Israeli negotiations on Syrian issues, held in Baku on April 9, 2025, were expected, and therefore the information disseminated by the Azerbaijani media about the supposed ownership of their initiative by I. Aliyev is exaggerated.
I. Aliyev and R. Erdogan about to deepen alliance with Pakistan
According to the news in the Azerbaijani and Pakistani media, the leader of Azerbaijan I. Aliyev will make an official visit to Pakistan this month.
On another attempt to resuscitate the case of so-called “Zangezur Corridor”
On April 4, 2025 the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen stated at the EU–Central Asia Summit held in Samarkand that “...the opening of the borders of Armenia with Turkey and Azerbaijan is going to be a game changer.
