Institute for Development and Diplomacy

Institute for Development and Diplomacy The Institute for Development and Diplomacy (IDD) was established at ADA University in 2022.

📑 A Year of Peace Between Azerbaijan and ArmeniaThe article by our research fellow and IDDTalks host, Anastasia Lavrina,...
07/08/2026

📑 A Year of Peace Between Azerbaijan and Armenia

The article by our research fellow and IDDTalks host, Anastasia Lavrina, marking the first anniversary of the Washington Joint Declaration between Azerbaijan and Armenia has been published by EurasiaFocus.

The article explores the significance of the declaration one year on, its implications for regional stability, and the evolving peace process in the South Caucasus.

Read here: https://eurasiafocus.com/a-year-of-peace-between-azerbaijan-and-armenia/

Participants often leave the Baku Summer Energy School (BSES) with new perspectives. Some also turn those insights into ...
07/08/2026

Participants often leave the Baku Summer Energy School (BSES) with new perspectives. Some also turn those insights into impactful research.

Following his participation in the , Truong Hoai Nam, Deputy Head of Drilling at Vietnam National Industry & Energy Group (PetroVietnam – PVN), published a five-part article series inspired by his experience in Azerbaijan.

Drawing on expert lectures, policy discussions, and field visits, the series explores Azerbaijan’s approach to energy security, the energy transition, the Southern Gas Corridor, and the Green Energy Zone in Garabagh—while reflecting on lessons for Vietnam’s energy future.

Read the articles here:
1. From an Oil Nation to a New Approach to Energy Security: https://shorturl.at/sfJJ7
2. Energy Transition Does Not Mean Abandoning Oil and Gas: https://shorturl.at/awu8q
3. SOCAR - From a National Oil Company to an Integrated Energy Company: https://shorturl.at/vU0lX
4. Garabagh - Post-Conflict Reconstruction through Green Energy: https://shorturl.at/nmXb0
5. From Baku to Vietnam - Lessons for PetroVietnam in the Energy Transition Era: https://shorturl.at/B0Rjn

How can some of our Western Balkan experience in reconciliation from about two decades ago be applied in today’s South C...
03/08/2026

How can some of our Western Balkan experience in reconciliation from about two decades ago be applied in today’s South Caucasus?

Read the latest article from the Summer edition of Baku Dialogues journal.

📑The Use and Abuse of Reconciliation in the Western Balkans and the South Caucasus
By Damjan Krnjević Mišković, Director for Policy Research and Analysis at IDD and Co-Editor of Baku Dialogues

🔗https://shorturl.at/DOXH1

🔹 Baku Dialogues - Summer 2026Caspian Desiccation: Social, Political, and Legal Challenges“Caspian desiccation should no...
30/07/2026

🔹 Baku Dialogues - Summer 2026

Caspian Desiccation: Social, Political, and Legal Challenges

“Caspian desiccation should no longer be treated as a sectoral environmental concern, but as a systemic transformation that will test regional governance, infrastructure planning, environmental protection, and the legal assumptions on which the Caspian regime rests”, writes Rodrigo Labardini, professor of ADA University

➡️https://shorturl.at/LgNlR

🔹Baku Dialogues - Summer 2026Supporting Syria’s Energy Security: The New Pillar of the Ankara-Baku Relationship"Azerbaij...
29/07/2026

🔹Baku Dialogues - Summer 2026

Supporting Syria’s Energy Security: The New Pillar of the Ankara-Baku Relationship

"Azerbaijan’s role in promoting Syria’s energy security is not only part of its Middle East foreign policy, but also part of international energy security policy and projects", writes international law and security expert Samira Y. Safarova.

🔗 https://shorturl.at/M1qYl

Azerbaijan and Europe Through a Changing Regional LandscapeIn this edition of , Derya Soysal, Director of EUReflect, di...
29/07/2026

Azerbaijan and Europe Through a Changing Regional Landscape

In this edition of , Derya Soysal, Director of EUReflect, discusses Azerbaijan’s evolving relationship with the European Union and the changing European perception of the South Caucasus.

🔗https://youtu.be/G1hvG9X6Zf8

🔹Baku Dialogues - Summer 2026Baku’s ‘Beyond Black Gold’ Model: How Azerbaijan Is Remaking State Capitalism for the Silk ...
28/07/2026

🔹Baku Dialogues - Summer 2026

Baku’s ‘Beyond Black Gold’ Model: How Azerbaijan Is Remaking State Capitalism for the Silk Road Region

“In a world searching for workable middle paths between unfettered market liberalism and full state direction, Azerbaijan’s experiment shows how disciplined public ownership can become a source of economic credibility and strategic leverage”, writes Elliott Ahn, Executive Director of Antler IBEX.

➡️ https://shorturl.at/fkNUE

Energy Security in a Changing World - Azerbaijan, Europe and New Global RisksEnergy security specialist John Roberts dis...
27/07/2026

Energy Security in a Changing World - Azerbaijan, Europe and New Global Risks

Energy security specialist John Roberts discusses Azerbaijan's growing role in European energy security, the future of the Southern Gas Corridor and the potential of renewable energy.

➡️ Watch the full interview here:
https://youtu.be/mN3zagiceos


📄Time to Retire Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act: A Persistent Obstacle to Closer Azerbaijan-U.S. CooperationAutho...
27/07/2026

📄Time to Retire Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act: A Persistent Obstacle to Closer Azerbaijan-U.S. Cooperation

Authored by IDD research fellow Elmira Amiraslanova, "This IDD Analytical Policy Brief argues that the U.S. Congress should repeal Section 907 of the Freedom Support Act. Its continued existence imposes a recurring legal and political contingency on Azerbaijan-U.S. cooperation, preserves an exceptional statutory presumption against Azerbaijan, and leaves the relationship vulnerable to periodic congressional disruption."

➡️Read the full paper here: https://shorturl.at/csfjw

🔹Baku Dialogues - Summer 2026 Energy, Old and New: Deep Diversification of Azerbaijan’s Energy Sector as a New Stage of ...
27/07/2026

🔹Baku Dialogues - Summer 2026

Energy, Old and New: Deep Diversification of Azerbaijan’s Energy Sector as a New Stage of Development

"Azerbaijan is increasingly emerging as one of the most important transport and logistics hubs in the wider Caspian region" writes Artem Krashakov, Chief Technical Representative of the CETCO industrial group in the Caspian Region.

🔗 https://shorturl.at/b0AZt

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