The National Interest: Azerbaijan has a unique geoeconomic position

Published: 2025-10-25 12:01

"After initial rhetorical objections, neighboring Iran and Russia also appear to have come to terms with the emerging reality on the ground. This is partly because Armenia was able to provide credible assurances to its ally that TRIPP (Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity)—whose infrastructure will be developed through what Trump said was an ‘exclusive partnership’ with the United States—will operate according to Armenian law, as Pashinyan has made clear repeatedly. Azerbaijan also assuaged Iranian concerns and, more recently, repaired its relationship with Russia," writes The National Interest, a mouthpiece of moderate Republicans.

"There is also Azerbaijan’s geoeconomic position: not only does it straddle both ends of TRIPP, but the country is the place where the Middle Corridor seamlessly blends into the China-led Belt and Road Initiative. Azerbaijan is also where that unsanctioned east-west route optimally intersects with the International North-South Transport Corridor, a strategic connectivity project established at the turn of the century by India, Iran, and Russia," The National Interest adds.

By Azerbaijani-Israeli Alliance Global News