The situation of the South Caucasus after the revolution of February of 1917 and the beginning of diplomatic struggles for the region -- The Trabzon and Batum conferences : the first diplomatic steps of Azerbaijan toward independence -- The announcement of independence and the f…
As revolution swept over Russia and empires collapsed in the final days of World War I, Azerbaijan and neighbouring Georgia and Armenia proclaimed their independence in May 1918. During the ensuing two years of struggle for independence, military endgames, and treaty negotiation…
For half a century, the United States and the Soviet Union were in conflict. But how and where did the Cold War begin? Jamil Hasanli answers these intriguing questions in At the Dawn of the Cold War. He argues that the intergenerational crisis over Iranian Azerbaijan (1945-1946)…
