Photos of Armenian civil society representatives from Baku. They also met with Hikmet Hajiyev, the Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan.

Great to welcome a debut piece by Deniz Karakullukcu for Topchubashov Center! ➡️Azerbaijan’s strategic advantage is clear: it does not need to choose between the two systems. Its ability to serve both creates redundancy at a time when Europe is deliberately phasing out Russian pipelines.

Join us on 12 December in Budapest for a joint event by Topchubashov Center and Ludovika University Ludovika - University of Public Service on the latest geopolitical and interethnic dynamics in the Near East. A half-day program featuring a group of distinguished experts. 🔗 ludevent.uni-nke.hu/event/5798/

✨Delighted to take part in—and contribute to—the inaugural event of the Turkic-Western Engagement Initiative at the Danube Institute 🇭🇺. 🤞 I look forward to seeing this conference grow into an annual tradition.

As the Armenia–Azerbaijan peace process continues to evolve and draw significant international attention, Hungarian Institute of International Affairs is dedicating a special panel to this topic today, 10 December 2025. I am pleased to join this panel alongside other distinguished colleagues.

✨Imagine your father is a sculptor — and he puts a statue of you in the heart of the city. 👧👑That’s the story of Évi, whose father László Marton created a bronze statue of her and placed it along the Danube. Today, the Little Princess is one of Budapest’s most iconic sights.

It was great pleasure to share a panel session with distinguished colleagues at Hungarian Institute of International Affairs 🇭🇺 on 10 Dec 2025. During the interesting discussion I assessed the peace process and connectivity between Armenia and Azerbaijan from Baku`s point of view.

The Black Sea has become the frontline where Europe’s new energy order, especially at its peripheries, encounters its structural limits. Check out our latest analysis on Topchubashov Center top-center.org/en/analytics/3…

Did you know? 🇨🇭 In Switzerland, the rank of General exists only in times of war or national crisis. ✷✷✷✷ Only 4 officers in Swiss history have held this title—the first was Guillaume Henri Dufour (1787–1875).

🗝️ The Story of a Key This is the key to Geneva’s Rive Gate. In March 1728, a 16-year-old apprentice returned after curfew and found the city locked with it. Rather than wait for morning and face his master, he left Geneva that night. He would later become known as Rousseau.

The Hungarian Institute of International Affairs discussion I partook at together with Johhny Melikyan, Peter Pal Kranitz, and Sandor Seremet and discussed the current 🇦🇲 Armenian- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijani peace process is out on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=CRm-4d…

🇦🇲🇦🇿 The revival of Track 2 / Track 1.5 should not be romanticized as it will not negotiate borders, draft peace treaties, or resolve security dilemmas. The danger lies not in underestimating Track 2, but in overloading it with tasks it cannot perform. top-center.org/en/analytics/3…