The Armenians receive assistance from Iran, and so it would make sense if Azerbaijan could access Israeli weaponry and training. Clearly, neither Armenia nor Russia are sincere about ending the occupation of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Only overwhelming sanctions leading to Iran’s economic collapse can work, but with Russia and China shielding Iran, such crippling sanctions appear unlikely.

While the relationship between Israel and Azerbaijan has blossomed, it is not clear how far Azerbaijani elites are willing to pursue ties; it is in Washington's interest to help cement it.

The dispute over Iran’s controversial nuclear program has reached crisis point. Despite increasing foreign sanctions in recent months, Tehran is continuing its nuclear work, refusing to cooperate, and has indeed tripled its monthly production of higher-grade enriched uranium.

The first oil from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline is due to arrive in Ceyhan, Turkey, at the end of October, just days ahead of Azerbaijan’s November 6 parliamentary elections. This nexus of events has raised many questions about the potential for political reform in Azerbaijan; the BTC could shift...

Everybody who pays attention to these sorts of things knows Muslim societies are almost uniquely immune to the forces that have been driving down fertility rates on every continent for decades. But everybody, it seems, fell asleep before the final act.

Roughly 10% of all organ transplants in the world are obtained on the black market. A new investigation by puts a brutal face on that underground world.