Opinion
What were the lessons of the April Four-Day War that were never learned?
The four-day clashes in April were the first large-scale military operations since the 1994 ceasefire.

Azerbaijani deadlock: why Baku is "rushing fast"
Baku has now found itself in a unique diplomatic bind.

"Why does Azerbaijan seek normalization of relations with Israel?" Responsible Statecraft article
Eldar Mammadov, a non-resident fellow at the Queen's Institute and a foreign policy expert based in Brussels, published an article in Responsible Statecraft titled "Why Azerbaijan, which has friendly relations with Israel, seeks normalization of relations."

What is Erdogan hinting at when he mentions "peace" in his message to Aliyev?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's message to Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of Nowruz was remarkable in that he mentioned the term "peace" several times.
Waiting for a "nuclear explosion," or if Trump's Iran deal fails
On March 12, an advisor to the president of the United Arab Emirates delivered a letter from US President Donald Trump addressed to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to the Iranian foreign minister in Tehran.