Theses 1. Turkey and Azerbaijan have very close relations for cultural and economic reasons. The only thing that could worsen Turkish-Azerbaijani relations in the future is an improvement of relations between Turkey and Armenia, which is very unlikely. 2. Turkish-Azerbaijani relations have become increasingly pragmatic since the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline was built. Turkey’s energy security and its …
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Multilateral relation of Azerbaijan Republic
Azerbaijan – United Nations Cooperation between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the United Nations was established soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union and after Azerbaijan restored its independence. The Republic of Azerbaijan was admitted into the United Nations on March 2, 1992 and the Permanent Mission of the Republic …
Read More »After Kosovo: Europe’s Other Break-Away Regions, by Carl Augustsson
A few years ago, Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia. Kosovo’s independence has still not been fully recognized by all of the European Union’s member states. As a result, Kosovo’s current status is uncertain. Kosovo is not, however, the only place in Europe that would like to become independent[1] from …
Read More »History of the Nagorno-Karabakh Region of the Republic of Azerbaijan
The history of Karabakh is rooted in an antiquity, and it is one of the historic provinces of Azerbaijan, an important political, culturel, and spiritual center. Territorial claims of the Armenians against the Azerbaijani people and Azerbaijan are the main reasons for the so-called “Karabakh problem”. Karabakh was inalienable part …
Read More »Why do we need global governance?
The term global governance became popular in the political and international academic arena in late 1990s. (Biermann, Pattberg, 2012) In their book Biermann and Pattberg introduce the concept of global governance: the notion of the term, the scope of its usage and three core elements that differentiates the new term …
Read More »Political Violence in forms of Revolution and Terrorism
Political violence is a hard talk of all times that all spheres of science, all authors, and writers, almost the whole world concerns about. From the beginning of history, firstly, people were blamed to live in state of nature in which they were killing each other on getting basic needs …
Read More »Post-revolutionary state building in Ukraine and Georgia
Introduction Corruption is organized, common and highly institutionalized element in post-soviet countries. In these countries both governmental officials and citizens are corrupted and give and get bribe in favor of their problems, work. Informal rules and norms are more powerful than laws and formal rules between public and private sectors, …
Read More »The OIC’s conflict resolution efforts: from outside efforts to active engagement
On December 2 an international symposium entitled, “OIC initiatives towards the resolution of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: past efforts and future opportunities” was held at the Headquarters of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah. It was co-organized with the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the …
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