Azerbaijan's Foreign Policy: Seeking a Balance

Author(s): Rashad Shirinov
Editor(s): Iris Kempe, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Lili Di Puppo, Hans Gutbrod
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 37
Pages: 2-4
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University

Azerbaijan's initial preference for the West has evolved into efforts to balance among the established democracies, Russia, and Iran. The growth of the country's energy wealth has given the country's elite greater confidence that they can pursue an independent foreign policy course. The most symbolic manifestation of this new policy was the decision to join the non-aligned movement.

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