A year after the landmark Washington meeting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the South Caucasus is beginning to look less like a geopolitical fault line and more like a region undergoing strategic reconfiguration. Although many recognise it as only the initialling of a peace agreement, the significance of the 8 August 2025 meeting, in fact, lies in the wider shift it set in motion: from conflict management towards connectivity, economic integration and a new balance of power.

First of all, for Azerbaijan, the process has helped consolidate the gains achieved since the 2020 war and the restoration of full sovereignty over Qarabag in 2023. The strategic challenge has since moved beyond the conflict itself. It is now about shaping the political and economic order that follows it. And certainly, that distinction matters.

Peace with Armenia potentially removes one of the main obstacles to Azerbaijan's deeper integration into regional transport and economic networks. Baku is........

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