When the Caspian Ceases to Be a Border

BAKU, July 26 — The Caspian Sea, long regarded as a body of water insulated from global conflicts, is gradually becoming an extension of two theatres of war at once: Russia’s war against Ukraine and the war waged by the United States and Israel...

The Caspian Sea has entered a period of accelerated shallowing, the consequences of which are already affecting ports, oil terminals, fisheries, and coastal ecosystems. If the current trend continues, the problem will no longer be exclusively...

In the twenty-first century, the reshaping of global trade routes has transformed transport corridors from purely economic projects into geopolitical instruments. Against the backdrop of the Russia–Ukraine war, growing instability in the Middle...

On the surface, it looked like a routine sequence of diplomatic engagements: President Ilham Aliyev’s visit to Tbilisi on April 6, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s return visit to Baku on May 18, Kobakhidze’s trip to Astana on June 29, and finally...