Hudson Institute: U.S. needs Azerbaijan’s help to engage successfully with Central Asia

Published: 2025-11-06 12:40

"For the US to engage successfully with Central Asia, it needs help from Baku. For economic, historical, and logistical reasons, Azerbaijan—while not a Central Asian country—is the gateway to the region for the transatlantic community. As the late American statesman Zbigniew Brzezinski once said, Azerbaijan is ‘the cork in the bottle containing the riches of the Caspian Sea Basin and Central Asia.’ If the US wishes for these initiatives to succeed, Azerbaijan should have a seat at the table. This engagement can be as simple as adding a special session of the C5+2 at the end of the annual C5+1 meeting," notes the Hudson Institute, a Washington-based right-wing think tank.

By Azerbaijani-Israeli Alliance Global News