Armenia–US Relations
Pashinyan courts Trump in Washington
Pashinyan’s visit came shortly after a Strategic Partnership Charter was signed in the final days of Biden’s administration.
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Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan suspends cooperation with USAID
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said that ‘it is time to stop cooperation’ with the organisation.
Daghestan
UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov reportedly removed from flight in the US over ‘poor English’
Nurmagomedov was asked to leave a flight after a flight attendant deemed his level of English to be too low for him to take an emergency exit seat.
Georgia
‘Georgian Nightmare Non-Recognition Act’ introduced in US Congress as Zourabichvili prepares for Trump’s inauguration
The news of the act’s introduction coincides with the confirmation of Zourabichvili’s attendance at Trump’s inauguration.
Bidzina Ivanishvili
US sanctions Bidzina Ivanishvili
The billionaire founder of the ruling Georgian Dream was sanctioned for undermining Georgia’s democracy for Russia’s benefit.
Armenia
US Congressperson Pallone claims Aliyev organised ‘violent protest’ to block his COP29 participation
On 19 November, US Congressperson Frank Pallone wrote on X that he had been effectively forced out of Azerbaijan by government-affiliated provocateurs acting to prevent his participation in the COP29 climate change conference in Baku. In his post, Pallone wrote that ‘Despite (Azerbaijani President Ilham) Aliyev organising a violent protest to prevent me, Senator (Ed) Markey and others from participating to COP29, I’ll continue to fight for Armenian’s territorial sovereignty, the release of Ar
Armenia
How a Trump presidency could impact the South Caucasus
US President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed foreign policy positions have often been vague, but can generally be understood as being based on a larger pivot toward isolationism. US disengagement from the South Caucasus, or an actual policy of tacit approval for authoritarianism, will redefine Washington’s role in the region. Trump is not known for his detailed foreign policy positions in general, and much less when it comes to the regions of the world considered more peripheral to US interes
