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Foreign Affairs Oct 15, 2026

ONE NATION, TWO STATES, GROWING DISTANCE

For decades, Turkish foreign policy in the Caucasus rested on a single, unshakeable motto set by former Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev: 'One nation, two states.'

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