Azerbaijan under President Aliyev: a continuation of the past or a new dawn?

Population growth, urbanisation, regional distribution and the new demographic landscape of the Great Return As of July 1, 2026, Azerbaijan’s population had reached 10,273,450. Since the beginning of the year, it increased by 11,099 people, or 0.1...

How citizens participate in urban planning and environmental decisions in Azerbaijan The law requires projects to be disclosed in advance, residents to be heard and the rejection of their proposals to be explained. Yet an almost invisible gulf...

Field observation conducted on the coast near the settlement of Pirshaghi. August 2026 “It’s not as if this is your place...” This analysis begins not with figures, but with an ordinary observation. On the Caspian coast, near the settlement of...

Looking down on the northern Absheron coast, it is difficult not to notice a pattern. Azerbaijan's most restricted government compound — the presidential residence in Zagulba — is located neither in central Baku, nor amid the oilfields, nor even on...