The ruling family in Azerbaijan and the circles surrounding this family have significant wealth which, in fact, cannot be absorbed in Azerbaijan for political and economic reasons. Therefore, huge assets are created abroad, namely oil and gas refining and transportation facilities, as well as sellable immovable property. Aside from these financial operations, Azerbaijan is buying a lot of weapons, increasingly expensive weapons which makes it attractive for suppliers. The big corporations and governments of different countries intend to pump as much money from Azerbaijan as possible whose place and role are determined by the participants of global politics. At the same time, it is clear that the current “oil” status of Azerbaijan is short-term, and this is the key factor that matters in considering the usefulness of this country in the nearest and more far-reaching future. Of course, this is a somewhat simplified image, and there are different nuances and specific aspects but it should be noted that the full picture of the goals of external partners relating to Azerbaijan differs greatly from the simplest option. One will become convinced of this by reviewing specific objectives of the ruling “family” abroad. First of all, it should be noted that the ruling “family” was unable to join not only the circle of the global political elite but also the partners of the “second circle”. So far the “family” has failed to get genuine guarantees from one of the countries which took part in the “project of the century”. The United Kingdom allegedly has some commitments to the “family”, which prefers protection of the “family” to protection of Azerbaijan as a country. According to British political experts, first, it would be an inadequate role for the UK to have under its aegis such an insignificant country as Azerbaijan. Second, the “family” behaves so that it is impossible to cover up its activities. As of today, it is impossible to find in quality (and not only quality) British press an article that would picture Azerbaijan’s policy positively. It is easy to find such media in many countries of Eastern Europe and other regions which have no importance to the international public opinion. Unlike in the United States and Russia, Azerbaijan has failed to find a more or less solid author in the UK who would agree to promote and defend the Azerbaijani interests. And this is happening in a setting when Azerbaijan spends immense sums for “work” with many politicians and officials in private companies in London. The task of pumping money out of Azerbaijan is fulfilled successfully but how effective is it from the point of view of national interests which apparently differ from the interests of the “family”? However, the role and activities of the country on the international arena are not limited to propaganda. Having achieved permanent membership in the Council of Security and promoting their interests in the European organizations, Azerbaijan has zero results. While fulfilling the function of military transit and the platform for intelligence in the Caspian and Iranian direction for the Euro-Atlantic community Azerbaijan failed to gain anything successful in the structure of the balance of relations Armenia-Azerbaijan-Western community. After the recurrent visits and statements by high-ranking representatives of the West it becomes clear that Azerbaijan cannot get any new positions. Baku has already managed to experience the policy of the United States and leading European countries on distancing Azerbaijan from Turkey because the West detected a threat to its interests. At the same time, a condition of self-isolation from the Islamic world has been put forth which is not interested in close cooperation with Azerbaijan. The Euro-Atlantic community has readily accepted the plans of strengthening integration with Armenia, which are aimed at ensuring the bala...
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