The National Interest: Azerbaijan is forced to perform a delicate balancing act between its Israeli ally and Iranian neighbor

Published: 2025-07-03 13:37

"Baku is forced to perform a delicate balancing act between its Israeli ally, Turkish patron, American superpower, and Iranian neighbor as the region teeters toward wider conflict... The resumption of hostilities, if the fragile ceasefire unravels, would exacerbate the dilemmas facing Baku. It will try to preserve its Israeli security partnership while quietly sharing intelligence with the US, even at the cost of an erosion of its relations with Iran. At the same time, Baku will try to avoid direct Iranian retaliation and control potential spillover from the war in Azerbaijan. The longer the conflict lasts and the more widely it expands, involving not only Israel and Iran but also the US and regional actors, the more precarious this balancing act is likely to prove for Baku," writes The National Interest, a policy think tank closely aligned with moderate Republicans.

By Azerbaijani-Israeli Alliance Global News