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Jamil Hasanli

is a distinguished Azerbaijani historian. He was a professor at the Baku Sate University and Khazar university of Azerbaijan. His publications include the monographs "The Sovietization of Azerbaijan. The South Caucasus in the Triangle of Russia, Turkey, and Iran, 1920–1922" (The University of Utah Press, 2017), "Foreign Policy of the Republic of Azerbaijan: The Difficult Road to Western Integration, 1918-1920" (Routledge, 2015), "Khrushchev's Thaw and National Identity in Soviet Azerbaijan, 1954–1959" (The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series, 2014) and many others translated and published in many languages

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Zulfu Farajli

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A New Bird of Prey Spreading to Azerbaijan Could Reduce the Population of Other Species

A New Bird of Prey Spreading to Azerbaijan Could Reduce the Population of Other Species The Black-winged Kite (lat. Elanus caeruleus) is the ...

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Gunay Ismayilova

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Infidelity as immoral social conduct v. custodial rights

In Azerbaijan, a 2020 European Court of Human Rights decision overturning a rare child custody ruling has renewed interest over how moral ...

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Shahin Jafarli

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Armenia’s Path to European Integration: How Does Azerbaijan View It?

The Armenian government started 2025 by making strategic foreign policy decisions. In the first week of the new year, a draft law on starting the

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Ilkin Huseynli

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On Mediocrity

For almost a year now, I’ve been doing something I’ve never done before – keeping a diary. Looking at the diary, I realized that my writings are ...

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Shalala Mammadova

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Teachers in Soviet Azerbaijan

One of the most pressing issues facing Azerbaijan in the 1990s after its independence was the need to reform the education sector. The content of

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Shalala Mammadova

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Mirjafar Bagirov: Bolshevik, Musavatist, Proponent of the Nation

Soviet historians’ first studies of the Stalinist mass repressions of the 1930s were published in the second half of the 1980s amid the Communist

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BRI Political Studies Group

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The Israel Factor Throws a Wrench in Baku-Ankara Relations

In recent months we have seen several misunderstandings between Ankara and Baku, and, importantly, the Azerbaijani side has felt no need to hide ...

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Rovshan Aghayev

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Azerbaijan’s Hidden Poverty Statistics

The government of Azerbaijan has greatly and rapidly enriched over the past twenty years. In a very short time, oil production grew by 3,6 times ...

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Shalala Mammadova

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Generals of the Russian Empire and Russia’s National Interests in the Caucasus

In the summer of 2020, the Adler district of Sochi erected a bronze statue (monument) to honor the heroism of the Tsarist troops that occupied ...

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BRI Political Studies Group

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Is Russia Gaining Influence in Post-Soviet Space?

On 8 October 2024, Moscow hosted a meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The regular meeting ...

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