The National Interest: Azerbaijan–Israel strategic partnership serves U.S. interests
Published: 2026-01-21 10:18
"With the US administration working so hard to promote peace and prosperity for America and its allies and partners in a world that has seen far too much war and volatility, stability is paramount. This is why the longstanding strategic partnership between Azerbaijan and Israel is not only crucial for both those countries but also serves US interests. This is an alliance rooted in shared security and anti-terrorism priorities, mutual cultural respect, a shared Iranian adversarial extremist threat, and a pragmatic approach to energy and defense," writes The National Interest, a mouthpiece of moderate Republicans.
"Critics, however, often attack not only this alliance but also the extensive work that the Trump administration has done to bring peace to Azerbaijan and Armenia and to the Middle East with cynical, misleading claims. For example, Alex Galitsky, policy director for the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA), teamed up with a past president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars (which anyone—scholar or not—can pay to join) to claim, ‘Azerbaijan’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh served as a testing ground for the weapons, tactics, and methods that Israel later deployed against Gaza’s Palestinians.’ This framing confuses two very different conflicts for purely political purposes while misrepresenting both," the news outlet notes.
"Not only should the United States support Israeli-Azeri cooperation, but any roadblocks towards engaging with either party should be deconstructed so the United States can exercise a robust foreign policy. Section 907 of the 1992 FREEDOM Support Act, for example, heavily constrains US assistance towards Azerbaijan... While it has been waived by one American administration after another for over 20 years now, it is an example of numerous legislative hurdles that undermine American power," The National Interest adds.
By Azerbaijani-Israeli Alliance Global News