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@article{ Ismayilov2019, title = {Azerbaijan and Russia: Towards a Renewed Alliance, for a New Era}, author = {Ismayilov, Murad}, journal = {Caucasus Analytical Digest}, number = {109}, pages = {5-10}, year = {2019}, issn = {1867-9323}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000334381}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-87375-1}, abstract = {This article examines the recent shifts in Azerbaijan’s balancing of relations between Russia and the West. It argues that the Azerbaijani elite have been undergoing a shift from placing more emphasis on its relations with the West, towards an emerging strategic accord with Moscow. There are both micro- and macrogeopolitical developments driving this process. On a micro-level, the Azeri elite has gradually come to distrust the West’s intention to and capability of supporting them in their core security and state development aims. From a macro-perspective, shifts in geopolitical alliances around Azerbaijan are acting to attract Baku towards Moscow, and away from Brussels and Washington.}, }