On April 5th, U.S. Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy, welcomed Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. Ms. Tsai’s visit with Mr. McCarthy, who is second in line to the presidency, is the highest-ever profile meeting between Taiwanese and U.S. lawmakers on American soil. Accompanied by a bipartisan […]
Recently, Azerbaijani people around the world commemorated the Genocide Day of Azerbaijanis. Although most Israelis and Americans are not aware of it, as the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia around World War I in March 1918, armed gangs of Armenian Dashnaks committed an act of genocide against Azerbaijanis, both Jewish and Muslim, killing thousands of […]
The announcement of the China-brokered Iran-KSA normalization plan triggered pearl-clutching around the globe. Some headlines even implied that Israel’s PM Netanyahu was surprised by the news, even though the negotiations have been ongoing since early in the Biden administration’s tenure. Indeed, there are signs that the Beijing-backed phase of the talks that began in Iraq […]
The War in Ukraine has taught its observers many lessons- perhaps the most important of these is the value of having a network of partners who can be depended on for both political and material aid during difficult times. It goes without saying that Ukranians fighting on the front lines deserve praise for their courage, […]
Latvian President Egils Levits recently proclaimed, “Azerbaijan plays a paramount role in the Non-Aligned Movement including 120 member states,” stressing that Azerbaijan has inspired many countries during its chairman of the block of states during a period when the pandemic struck our world. During its chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement, Azerbaijan has been a strong […]
Although many people may not be aware of it today, the majority of Yerevan used to be Azerbaijani Turkish. In 1897, there were 77,491 Azerbaijani Turks and only 58,148 Armenians in Yerevan Province. However, after a brutal ethnic cleansing campaign, Yerevan is now majority Armenian and there are not any Azerbaijani Turks left in the […]
Standing next to the president of the European Commission in London, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the inauguration of the Windsor Framework on February 27th. The agreement appears to settle the dispute with the European Union over Northern Ireland, which is part of the U.K., while finally giving Brexiteers something to cheer about. […]
The biggest winner in the ongoing tensions between Yerevan and Baku is Moscow.Since liberating its formerly occupied territories in the Karabakh region in a 44-day warin 2020, Baku has attempted to demarcate its borders, open communications, includinghumanitarian corridors in strategic areas, and to finalize the terms of the peaceagreement with its neighbor. The trilateral peace […]
Armenian activists in recent days have been creating quite a storm over the fact that Azerbaijani environmental activists are protesting along the Lachin corridor. According to a recent ANCA Press Release, “Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) was joined by Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair David Valadao (R-CA), House Appropriations Foreign Operations Subcommittee Ranking member Barbara Lee (D-CA), […]
With the war in Ukraine entering its eleventh month on January 24th, it’s clear the conflict is ushering in a new era of international politics. Countries are reassessing their security challenges in a world shaped by great power competition. U.S. security assurances are no longer remedying its ally’s security concerns, with some countries reevaluating their […]
It was recently reported in the Turkish media that Azerbaijan seeks to sue Armenia for violating the Bern Convention and causing “extensive destruction” to the environment during their 30-year occupation of Karabakh in violation of four UN Security Council Resolutions: “Armenia’s widespread deforestation, unsustainable logging and pollution through significant construction and mining in areas that […]
Tensions between China and India are flaring once again over the long-contested border separating the world’s two largest militaries, the latest development of an ongoing dispute dating back over a century. A video circulating on social media captures Indian and Chinese troops engaged in melee combat, attacking one another with clubs and sticks, supposedly in […]
The South Caucasus has historically been the focus of great empires. Since it is located on the border between Europe and Asia, the possession of these territories was the access of the empires to all parts of the Eurasian continent. For this reason, throughout history, the region has been continuously attacked by major powers. Unfortunately, […]
For over a thousand years, Turkic tribes have lived in what today is Iran. The Seljuk Turkish Empire also used to control areas of Iran. Ertugal Bey, the son of Suleyman Shah, the leader of the Turkic Kayi tribe and the father of Osman I, a predecessor of the Ottoman Turks, are recorded in the […]
In the South American country of Ecuador, indigenous groups have clashed with the government over fiscal issues and environmental protections for years. In 2019, protests broke out against then-President Lenin Moreno’s decision to cut oil subsidies. The government implemented this measure, amongst others, in order to reduce an increasing fiscal deficit. However, ending the subsidies […]