Israeli Arms, Iranian Drones and Turkish Oil: Azerbaijan’s High-Stakes Balancing Act Bordering Russia and Iran while cultivating Israel and Turkey, Baku seeks security through competing partnerships—and offers itself as a mediator when its allies collide By Gabriel Colodro / The Media Line “We cannot close our eyes and say there is no Iran, there is […]
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Israeli Arms, Iranian Drones and Turkish Oil: Azerbaijan’s High-Stakes Balancing Act
Bordering Russia and Iran while cultivating Israel and Turkey, Baku seeks security through competing partnerships—and offers itself as a mediator when its allies collide
By Gabriel Colodro / The Media Line
“We cannot close our eyes and say there is no Iran, there is no Russia. There are.”
Nargiz Mammadova, a research fellow in international relations at the CASPIA Center, was describing the reality Azerbaijan confronts whenever it looks at the map. Speaking with The Media Line in Jerusalem, she said decisions made in Moscow or Tehran cannot be dismissed as distant developments. Both countries border Azerbaijan, placing instability in either one directly inside Baku’s security calculations.
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