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Science and Education in Azerbaijan: Are We Advancing or Regressing?
In January of this year, President Ilham Aliyev gave an interview to local television channels. Responding to the journalist’s ...
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Women’s Political Participation in Azerbaijan: Problems and Necessary Steps
Political participation is the set of activities that citizens carry out in order to influence or support the government and political ...
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A 50,000-strong troll army in Azerbaijan
In an interview conducted by journalist and political prisoner Ulviyya Ali, political prisoner and politician Akif Gurbanov emphasized ...
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Epistemology for Non-Ideal Conditions. Part 2
In my previous article, I noted that traditional academic epistemology focuses on epistemic success as its object of inquiry. I argued ...
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The Experience of Intercultural Exchange: Migrant Germans and local Azerbaijanis
In one of his articles, David Laitin, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, describes an episode from his ...
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Proceedings in Absentia: A Procedural-Legal Institution or a Political Instrument
In criminal justice proceedings, the accused person’s direct participation and the effective exercise of the right to defense ...
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The Turkification of Azerbaijan: Review of Turkish Historiography
Shortly after the establishment of the USSR, the country undertook process of isolating the country from other imperialist states. ...
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Predatory Journals in the Academic Environment of Azerbaijan (Part 2)
About a year ago I carried out a monitoring of articles that Azerbaijani authors published in foreign predatory journals. For this ...
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Parliamentary Elections in Azerbaijan: Disproportionate Results, Wasted Votes, Winners Not Chosen by the Majority
Elections are one of the most important institutions of democracy. They ensure citizens’ control over state governance. However, the ...
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Why Bayırşəhər is More than Architectural Heritage
Since October 2024, persistent information about the upcoming demolition of the Bayırşəhər (the Outer City) neighborhood, namely the ...
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Armenia and Armenians in Soviet-Era Textbooks (Part Three)
In this final part, which is devoted to the image of Armenia and Armenians in history textbooks, I will examine Soviet-era textbooks. I
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Epistemology for Non-Ideal Conditions
Lately, I have noticed something that attracts my attention both in conversations with others and in my own inner reflections: When it ...
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Civic Nation and Ethnic Identity in the Context of Azerbaijan
In modern political and legal theory, the concept of the nation was for a long time explained primarily through such factors as ethnic ...
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The Reasons for the Latest Protests in Iran and the Processes That Led to Today
On 28 December 2025, protests that began with the closure of shops in Tehran’s bazaar due to the rise in currency prices quickly spread
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Mahsati’s Ganja, or the Echo of the Cultural Legacy of Colonialism
The screening of the film Mahsati, which was scheduled to be shown as part of the 16th International Film Festival held in Baku, was ...
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Dreyfus, Myasoyedov, Abilov and Samadov or the act of “betraying” the state
In the summer of 2024, two researchers in Azerbaijan were arrested one after another. These were Iqbal Abilov, a former lecturer at ...
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Child Labor in Azerbaijan: Policy and Practice
Children’s rights are a crucial part of international human rights law. These rights outline how children must be treated and protected
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Moldovan Elections: Russia and Europe Face Off
On 28 September 2025 the next parliamentary elections will be held in Moldova. The significance of this election goes beyond Moldova ...
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The Era of Peace and Cooperation in the South Caucasus: The End of the Zangezur Disputes
The South Caucasus is entering a historic new phase. The conflict and enmity between Azerbaijanis and Armenians – beginning in 1988 ...
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The Samadov Case
During and after the war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a group of public activists expressed anti-war views and were met with ...
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Türkiye: Towards Non-Competitive Authoritarianism
Türkiye has entered a new political phase following the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul and the presidential candidate ...
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Speaking Peace to Power
Academic freedom is crucial to peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan “Long live the brotherhood of the Azerbaijani and Armenian ...
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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) ...
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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 ...
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