Gas, Transport Corridors and Silence on Human Rights: What Lies Behind Ilham Aliyev’s Visit to Germany?

An exchange of sharp accusations between Azerbaijani and Polish public television channels has prompted a diplomatic protest from Baku and exposed deeper disagreements between the two countries, ranging from their assessments of human rights to the...

King Harald V left his successors not a political programme, but a vision of Norway as an open community of equal citizens. Haakon VIII will have to preserve that model amid declining confidence in the royal family and growing demands for...

Baku and Brussels intend to accelerate work on a new comprehensive agreement. But energy security and transport interests are bringing the two sides together far faster than trade rules, political reform and human rights. When the president of the...

The European Union said the human rights and democracy situation in Azerbaijan remained difficult in 2025, pointing to restrictions on civil society and media activities as well as concerns about the independence of the judiciary. The assessment was...