RufatAhmadzada
@rufatahmadzada.bsky.social
PhD candidate and graduate of City, St George’s University of London. My research area covers Azerbaijan, Iran and the South Caucasus region.
A change in Iran from theocracy to secularism is also in Azerbaijan’s national interests and might help to mend the ties between the countries.
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An Iranian Collapse Poses Security Risks for the Azerbaijan Republic — Global Security Review
Strategic Adversaries Deterrence
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January 15, 2026 at 4:06 PM
A change in Iran from theocracy to secularism is also in Azerbaijan’s national interests and might help to mend the ties between the countries.
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A more democratic Iran would also serve Azerbaijan's national interests and might help to mend the ties between the countries.
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AN IRANIAN COLLAPSE WOULD POSE SECURITY RISKS FOR AZERBAIJAN
The protests in Iran are continuing to escalate. What started as a protest by traders against the fall in the value of the local currency, rising prices, economic mismanagement and worsening economic ...
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January 14, 2026 at 5:38 PM
A more democratic Iran would also serve Azerbaijan's national interests and might help to mend the ties between the countries.
www.institude.org/opinion/an-i...
www.institude.org/opinion/an-i...
The Collapse of Iran’s Proxy Strategy Exposes the Limits of Asymmetric Warfare
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The Collapse of Iran's Proxy Strategy Exposes the Limits of Asymmetric Warfare | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Israel and the U.S. dealt a decisive blow to Iran’s nuclear program and proxy strategy, exposing the limits of proxy warfare.
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September 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The Collapse of Iran’s Proxy Strategy Exposes the Limits of Asymmetric Warfare
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Iran met kernwapens is existentieel veiligheidsrisico voor Azerbeidzjan en de Kaukasus www.bnr.nl/nieuws/inter...
‘Iran met kernwapens is existentieel veiligheidsrisico voor Azerbeidzjan en de Kaukasus’
Iran koestert een historische en politieke wrok tegen de Azerbeidzjaanse identiteit en soevereiniteit.
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July 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Iran met kernwapens is existentieel veiligheidsrisico voor Azerbeidzjan en de Kaukasus www.bnr.nl/nieuws/inter...
A Nuclear Iran Would Pose an Existential Threat to the South Caucasus smallwarsjournal.com/2025/06/24/a...
A Nuclear Iran Would Pose an Existential Threat to the South Caucasus | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Iran’s nuclear program threatens stability in the South Caucasus, challenging Waltz’s theory of nuclear balance through realist analysis.
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June 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A Nuclear Iran Would Pose an Existential Threat to the South Caucasus smallwarsjournal.com/2025/06/24/a...
ایران هستهای تهدیدی وجودی برای قفقاز جنوبی www.araznews.org/fa/?p=66920
ایران هستهای تهدیدی وجودی برای قفقاز جنوبی - آراز نیوز
👤رفعت احمدزاده؛ محقق دکترا/کارشناسی ارشد سیاست شهری، دانشگاه لندن ترجمه مقاله انگلیسی توسط تحریریه آرازنیوز برنامه هستهای ایران همچنان یکی از محورهای اصلی سیاست بینالملل محسوب میشود، بهویژه با اعل...
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June 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
ایران هستهای تهدیدی وجودی برای قفقاز جنوبی www.araznews.org/fa/?p=66920
As #Iran has gained the tools and necessary understanding of enrichment technology, it was unrealistic to think that Iran would completely terminate its enrichment capabilities without the pressure of a war or regime change. globalsecurityreview.com/a-nuclear-ir...
A Nuclear Iran Would Pose an Existential Threat to the South Caucasus — Global Security Review
Allies & Extended Deterrence Deterrence
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June 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
As #Iran has gained the tools and necessary understanding of enrichment technology, it was unrealistic to think that Iran would completely terminate its enrichment capabilities without the pressure of a war or regime change. globalsecurityreview.com/a-nuclear-ir...
Discriminatory policies on ethnic linguistic and cultural issues by the Iranian regime coupled with environmental neglect & mismanagement are causing friction among the local population in Urmia who recently took to the streets to protest.
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Urmia Protests Expose Iran’s Failing Ethnic Policies
Protests in Urmia highlight growing unrest among Iran's Azerbaijani Turks over ethnic discrimination, environmental neglect, and the regime’s divisive identity politics.
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April 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Discriminatory policies on ethnic linguistic and cultural issues by the Iranian regime coupled with environmental neglect & mismanagement are causing friction among the local population in Urmia who recently took to the streets to protest.
intpolicydigest.org/the-platform...
intpolicydigest.org/the-platform...
With Soleimani Gone, Iran’s Regional Hegemony Faces Setbacks blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2020/02/...
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April 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
With Soleimani Gone, Iran’s Regional Hegemony Faces Setbacks blogs.lse.ac.uk/mec/2020/02/...
IRANIAN DRUG CARTELS POSE GROWING CHALLENGE TO AZERBAIJAN’S SECURITY
#Azerbaijan #Iran
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#Azerbaijan #Iran
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Iran: Drug Cartels Pose Challenge to Azerbaijan's security - Stratheia
Azerbaijan arrested dozens of individuals accused of working for Iranian intelligence services in promoting Iranian propaganda
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April 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
IRANIAN DRUG CARTELS POSE GROWING CHALLENGE TO AZERBAIJAN’S SECURITY
#Azerbaijan #Iran
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#Azerbaijan #Iran
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Iran’s Multidimensional Strategy — Global Security Review
Deterrence
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April 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Iran’s Resistance to the Zangezur Corridor Reflects Its Broader Opposition to Peace in the South Caucasus
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Iran's Resistance to the Zangezur Corridor Reflects Its Broader Opposition to Peace in the South Caucasus
Iranian officials, MPs, ambassadors, media outlets and experts launched a coordinated rhetorical campaign against the Zangezur Corridor
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April 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Iran’s Resistance to the Zangezur Corridor Reflects Its Broader Opposition to Peace in the South Caucasus
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For an irreversible and lasting peace to be achieved, Armenia needs to remove territorial claims from its constitution & legislative documents. www.e-ir.info/2025/03/29/o...
Opinion – For Lasting Peace Armenia Needs to Remove Territorial Claims From Its Constitution
The draft agreement on peace does not address reparations and responsibility for the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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April 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
For an irreversible and lasting peace to be achieved, Armenia needs to remove territorial claims from its constitution & legislative documents. www.e-ir.info/2025/03/29/o...
US Needs to support strong Azerbaijan-Israel strategic ties blogs.timesofisrael.com/us-needs-to-...
The Blogs: US Needs to support strong Azerbaijan-Israel strategic ties
From the blog of Rufat Ahmadzada at The Times of Israel
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April 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
US Needs to support strong Azerbaijan-Israel strategic ties blogs.timesofisrael.com/us-needs-to-...