Aliyev at the SCO: Between Peace in the Caucasus and a New Eurasian Diplomacy

When the leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization gathered in a new congress hall in the Kyrgyz capital, the scale of the meeting carried a political message of its own. Seated around the same table were the leaders of China, Russia, India, Iran and the nations of Central Asia — countries that together represent more than 40 percent of the world’s population and nearly a quarter of its economy.

The leaders of China, Russia, India, Iran and the Central Asian states gathered in Bishkek on 1 September for an anniversary summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation — a grouping that increasingly aspires to serve as the political voice of...

More than two years after handing the chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement to Uganda, Azerbaijan has retained leadership over two structures created at its initiative, as well as a broad network of contacts across the Global South. However, Baku...

The dissolution of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces following their integration into the national army marks the biggest step towards restoring centralised rule in Syria since Bashar al-Assad was overthrown. Military unification, however,...