Azerbaijan

July 11, 2020

Recent Developments in the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway Project

Taking into the fact that the Trans-Eurasian rail cargo is on the rise it is not surprising that regional countries are strongly interested in enhancing their railway network with new routes and new logistics hubs. Increasing competitiveness of the East-West international transport corridors that create an integrated freight railway network […]
January 13, 2020

Asya Avrupa No: 47

Kıymetli okuyucularımız, Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Üniversitesi’ne bağlı Avrasya Araştırma Enstitüsü adına saygılarımızı sunuyoruz. 2019 yılını geride bırakarak yeni bir yıla “merhaba” dediğimiz bu günlerde, Ortadoğu ile Orta Asya arasındaki geçiş ülkelerinden birisi konumundaki İran ile ilgili gelişmeler tüm dünyanın ilgi odağında yer buldu. İran’ın Devrim Muhafızları’na bağlı Kudüs Ordusu komutanı […]
April 23, 2018

April 2018 Presidential Election in Azerbaijan

On April 18, 2018, Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev was sworn in for the fourth term as the president of Azerbaijan after a landslide victory in a snap election that had been rescheduled from October 17, 2018, to an earlier date and took place on April 11, 2018. The inauguration marks […]
March 13, 2018

Asya Avrupa No: 27

Değerli Asya Avrupa okuyucuları, Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Üniversitesi’ne bağlı Avrasya Araştırma Enstitüsü olarak her ay yayınladığımız ve dört dilde (Türkçe, Kazakça, İngilizce, Rusça) içerik barındıran haber analiz dergimiz Asya Avrupa 27. Sayısına erişmiş bulunuyor. Her zamanki gibi bu sayımızda da, Enstitü uzmanlarımız, Avrasya gündemini yakından ilgilendiren pek çok konuyu dikkatinize […]
February 21, 2018

What are the Reasons for Early Presidential Election in Azerbaijan?

According to the decree signed by President Ilham Aliyev on February 5, 2018, the date of Azerbaijan’s next presidential election was rescheduled to an earlier date by more than six months – from October 17 to April 11. Despite the announcement that this decision was made in accordance with the […]
October 13, 2017

The Caspian Sea Level Changes: Causes and Consequences

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, the new independent Caspian littoral states faced with the necessity to adopt their own strategies towards the development of the coastal territories including energy and transport infrastructure improvement. However, since the Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed water body, […]
September 13, 2017

Asya Avrupa No: 21-22

Merhabalar, Doç. Dr. Sayın Nevzat Şimşek’in başarılı idaresinin ardından, Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Üniversitesi’ne bağlı Avrasya Araştırma Enstitüsü’nün yönetimi sorumluluğunu geçtiğimiz günlerde teslim aldım. Sayın Şimşek’e görevleri boyunca Enstitü yönetiminde kaydettiği değerli çalışmalar nedeniyle şükranlarımı sunuyorum. Kendisinin döneminde Avrasya Araştırma Enstitüsü, küresel düzlemde tanınan bir araştırma kuruluşu haline geldi. Temennimiz odur […]
July 5, 2017

Current Developments in Trade between Azerbaijan and the European Union

As one of the main global political and economic actors, the European Union (EU) has a special place in Azerbaijan’s foreign policy, which adheres to a multivector cooperation and partnership. The relationship between the two parties dates back to 1991. These relations are based on the EU-Azerbaijan Partnership and Cooperation […]
July 13, 2016

Contemporary Energy Relations Between Georgia and Azerbaijan

The energy relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia have shown a significant development which serves as a primary factor that have been strengthening their bilateral relations since 1992. Since both countries are located in the South Caucasus, it can be claimed that the geography has laid the foundation for the development […]
January 23, 2016

The South Caucasus is Still Insecure: The Latest Development over the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

The South Caucasus region is still experiencing instability due to the enduring conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the self-declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. The landlocked mountainous region of Nagorno-Karabakh located within the territory of Azerbaijan, and populated by ethnic Armenian majority. The origin of conflict began in 1988, when Armenia made […]