Center for International Studies

  Azerbaijan-Russia Geoeconomic Links and Its Consequences   On March 5-6 th 2024 suddenly Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin paid official visit to Azerbaijan where he met with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Alliev and Prime Minister Ali Asadov. It is interesting to note that negotiations between PM of Russia and President of Azerbaijan lasted for 3 years and such a long dialogue was even beyond of protocol and never fixed before between the parties. At the beginning of the dialogues the PM of Russia congratulated to Ilham Aliev with blatant victory at the Presidential race on 7 February 2024. According to some information, PM of Russia Mishutsin delivered to Aliev personal letter from the President of Russia Vladimir Putin. However, main topic of the three hours discussion were the following: ·          Promotion and involvement of Azerbaijan into the Russia’s new geoeconomic project “North-South” from Sankt-Petersburg til...

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  78% of the world's population suffers from a shortage of water resources Nika Chitadze Director of the Center for International Studies  Professor of the International Black Sea University    Clean and drinkable water is not available in many countries. While 3/4 of the Earth's surface is covered by water, only 3% of it is drinkable. Moreover, only 0.3% of this falls on rivers, lakes and groundwater, and the rest is localized in the form of glaciers. Taking into account the mentioned factor, it should be mentioned that 3 out of 4 people in the world live in water-scarce countries, and statistically more people die from a lack of safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene services than from water-related natural disasters - according to the latest assessment of global water security. According to the international definition, the availability of drinking water is not less than 20 liters of water per capita, which is available within a radius of 1 kilometer...

  Montenegro – the only NATO country where Russians are warmly welcomed ?   a uthor: Vahan Martirosyan, journalist, political scientist, Yerevan, Armenia     After the outbreak of full-scale war, Russian citizens, as is well known, began to flee their country in droves. This wave took a particularly massive character after the announcement of mobilization, in September 2022.   Entire families fled, regardless of social status and political views, ordinary citizens and bankers, famous artists and scientists. In the kilometer-long lines at borders and airports, both the rare opponents of the war and those who unquestioningly supported the Russian invasion stood side by side.    Those who were lucky enough to have Schengen visas in their passports naturally chose the EU zone as their countries of emigration. A special wave came to the Baltic States (the border is closer). However, by the spring of 2023, the leaders of almost all European coun...