Azerbaijanis

November 15, 2024 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Janatan Sayeh

Donald Trump: Back to the Future on Iran Policy

Tehran’s theocrats must be terrified. That’s a good thing. Despite the limited and lackluster commentary on Donald Trump’s electoral victory in the Iranian press and by officials, regime elites must now face the fact that the candidate they sought to kill is set to re-assume the presidency on January 20, 2025.

July 29, 2024 | |

Turkey’s President Threatens Military Action Against Israel

Latest Developments Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened military action against Israel on July 28, a day after 12 children in the Golan Heights town of Majdal Shams were killed by a rocket...

June 21, 2024 | |

Armenia Unilaterally Recognizes Palestinian State

Armenia became the latest United Nations (UN) member state to unilaterally recognize Palestinian statehood on June 21. The Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it “has...

May 19, 2024 | |

Iranian President’s Helicopter Crashes, Condition Unknown

A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian crashed in Iran on May 19. Iranian personnel are still searching for the aircraft,...

May 5, 2024 | Eyal Hulata, Natalie Ecanow

Iranian Proxies Wreak Havoc Beyond the Middle East

Azerbaijan and Pakistan are two lesser known victims of Iranian proxy attacks.

May 1, 2024 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer, Damjan Krnjević Mišković

The Azerbaijanis, Not the Azeris, Are Hosting COP29

The Republic of Azerbaijan will host the annual  UN  Climate Change Conference known as COP29 in November 2024. For many who will attend COP29 and follow the process, this will be their first...

June 29, 2023 | |

Mossad Operation in Iran Nets Terror Plot Leader

Israel’s Mossad revealed on June 29 that a detailed confession by a leader of an Iranian terrorist cell helped authorities in Cyprus dismantle a cell plotting to attack Israeli and Jewish targets....

May 8, 2023 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

President Aliyev: “Relations between Azerbaijan and Iran are at the Lowest Level Ever”

From day one of the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Iran has been hostile toward Baku and consistently acted to undermine its security and independence. However, over the last year the ties...

March 7, 2023 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Iran’s Slow Boil

The clerical regime in Tehran has held the streets. It remains to be seen, however, if the strategies employed to keep the ayatollahs afloat will prevail. When Mahsa Amini, a young Sunni Kurdish-Iranian girl, died on September 16 in the custody of the morality police, nationwide demonstrations erupted, often with young women and girls on the frontlines.

December 16, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

The Iranian theocracy’s downfall is a goal worth working toward

Fate is sometimes kind to America. Such merciful intervention happened last summer when Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, rejected the Biden administration’s effort to revive former President Barack...

November 21, 2022 | |

Iran Caught Again Trying to Kill Israeli Civilians Abroad

Georgia’s state security announced last Tuesday the arrest of a Pakistani national affiliated with al-Qaeda and of two Iranian nationals who attempted to murder a prominent Israeli in the capital of Tbilisi. An Israeli media report, citing an unnamed Israeli security official, said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force orchestrated the assassination attempt, which sought to target Israeli-Georgian businessman Itzik Moshe. Georgian security alleged the would-be attacker received weapons from Iranian citizens living in the country via drop-offs and hideouts.

September 9, 2022 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Israel’s Role in the Second Armenia-Azerbaijan War and Its Implications for the Future

Excerpt For a quarter of a century, Israel and Azerbaijan have maintained deep strategic cooperation that touches on national security issues of the highest importance to both sides. The defense relationship...

August 17, 2022 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Iran’s policy toward the Caucasus and Central Asia

Excerpt Much of the analysis on Iranian foreign policy focuses on both Iran’s positonality in relation to the Middle East, and its claim to the mantle of Shia Islamic leadership. However, a more detailed...

June 28, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

The Israeli Moment

If anyone is going to derail the Islamic Republic’s regional ambitions, Israel is really the only local counterweight that counts.

December 3, 2021 | Avinoam Idan, Dr. Brenda Shaffer

Israel’s role in the Second Armenia-Azerbaijan War

Excerpt The Republic of Azerbaijan and the State of Israel have enjoyed extensive ties and cooperation since the restoration of Azerbaijan’s independence in 1991 and strategic cooperation since the mid-1990s....

November 25, 2020 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

The Armenia-Azerbaijan War: Downgrading Iran’s Regional Role

The security architecture emerging in the South Caucasus following the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan led to significant changes for the region’s three main powers:  Russia and Turkey gained increased...

October 21, 2020 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

The Iran Factor in Talks Between U.S., Azerbaijan, and Armenia

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will host the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia for apparently separate meetings in Washington this Friday to discuss the ongoing fighting between their two countries....

October 5, 2020 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Iran at Risk From Spillover of Armenia-Azerbaijan Clashes

Intense fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan is taking place in proximity to Iran’s northwestern border, which it shares with both countries. While Turkey has sided firmly with Azerbaijan and Russia...

September 11, 2020 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Iran’s Longstanding Cooperation with Armenia

Domestic Azerbaijani Opposition May be Rising

September 9, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Azerbaijan MP tells ‘Post’ Iran must not execute wrestler

First politician from majority Shi’ite majority country to come out against Iran’s regime.