Forging even the smallest measure of peace and normalcy between Azerbaijan and Armenia has never been easy. It has been so difficult, in fact, that the progress witnessed today would once have struck most observers as the least likely, almost absurd, outcome imaginable. There is no doubt that, having come this far along such a difficult path, the hardest task now is sustaining that peace on a sustainable and comprehensive footing. Unfortunately, though, this particular historical moment does not suit everyone. It does not serve the interests of certain lobby groups, or the individuals connected to them, who wield considerable influence from entirely outside the region and show correspondingly little grasp of its realities.

One such figure is Michael Rubin, who was once a "guest" of our newspaper. A senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a former Pentagon official, Rubin frequently writes critical pieces on the Azerbaijani government, its leadership, foreign policy, and regional dealings with Armenia, Türkiye, and Iran.

Now, when I mean by guest is that we had the occasion to examine his work in an earlier piece, "Debunking False Parallels: Azerbaijan's COP29 and the Absurdity of Nazi Comparisons," in which........

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