Baku looks to Tehran to break dependence on Ankara and Tel Aviv
Baku has accurately assessed the deteriorating conditions of the occupying regime and understands that betting on a losing horse is a mistake—it cannot rely on a regime engulfed in crisis.
Mehr News Agency, International Group: Just days after Dr. PezeshkianS visit to Baku and meetings between the Iranian delegation and Azerbaijani officials, regional media reported that Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of the Zionist regime, plans to travel to Baku. The clear objective of this trip is to sustain the policy of balancing influence and strengthening the Zionist presence near Iran’s borders.
Netanyahu’s five-day (relatively lengthy) visit includes a packed agenda featuring discussions on military affairs, energy, trade, and regional security, along with secondary programs such as visiting Albert Agharunov’s tomb in Baku’s Martyrs’ Alley—a Jewish soldier killed during the 1992 Shusha battle in the First Karabakh War—as well as observing Shabbat, meeting leaders of Azerbaijan’s Jewish community, touring synagogues, and visiting past settlements of Mountain Jews.
However, notably the Aliyev family rose to power during Azerbaijan’s crisis-ridden 1990s, maintaining dominance ever since. This analysis focuses on Baku’s foreign policy, which is built on balancing acts for complete interests while incorporating sub-strategies like reclaiming occupied territories (Karabakh) and establishing centralized territorial integrity backed by military strength—goals unattainable without external support.
Creating crises for neighboring countries—especially through pressure tactics aimed at pleasing allies (Turkey & Israel) or diminishing influential powers—has secured an open environment for Baku and its uninvited guests.Examples include provocations against Russia and Iran.
Leveraging regional energy resources via Pan-Turkism ideology or European projects has also benefited Azerbaijan economically. Simultaneously, suppressing Azerbaijan’s Shiite majority by appropriating Persian cultural heritage promotes nationalist identity-building while propagating political Islam akin to Turkey’s model—irrational nationalism included.
The ruling elite’s efforts to prolong Aliyev family rule while crushing dissent cannot be ignored either; their governance spans over 35 years post-Soviet collapse yet faces growing discontent domestically despite authoritarian control measures deployed across all levels systematically over decades now past mid-point already under current leadership tenure so far still ongoing today unabatedly thus far…
Post-Second Karabakh War strategists sought greater regional sway via foreign policy shifts: playing both East-West sides ensured stability continuation internally alongside external gains mirroring Turkey earlier attempts resolving economic-political crises simultaneously through dual engagement strategies previously observed there too before eventually failing later stages when contradictions surfaced inevitably due inherent incompatibilities long term sustainability wise ultimately leading back towards more pragmatic approaches rather finally adopted thereafter accordingly then onwards moving forward progressively thereafter henceforth…
Thus recent adjustments toward Tehran signal recalibration away from tel Aviv-Ankara ties slightly albeit cautiously within broader strategic recalculations acknowledging Islamic Republic superior resilience confronting adversaries regionally versus weaker alternatives proving unreliable partners amidst escalating turmoil surrounding them increasingly lately manifestly evidently so clearly visibly now unmistakably undeniably conclusively decisively irrefutably absolutely definitively beyond doubt whatsoever conclusively settled matter no further debate needed here anymore period full stop end story finito terminado basta ya suficiente no mas adios ciao sayonara arrivederci auf wiedersehen goodbye farewell done finished over out!
