Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Deconstructing Stereotypes and International Imagery -- CHAPTER 2 Rethinking Azerbaijan's Foreign Policy Strategies vis-à-vis Hegemony-Seeking Russia, 1991-2017 -- CHAPTER 3 Azerbaijani-EU Relations: More Opportunities on the Horizon -- CHAPTER 4 Azerbaijan's Place in West-Central Eurasian Energy Security -- CHAPTER 5 Azerbaijan and Turkey: Analysis of Mutual Cooperation and Strategic Relations since the Independence of Azerbaijan -- CHAPTER 6 The Next Front? Iranian Ambitions and Azerbaijan's Strategic Bulwark -- CHAPTER 7 Emerging Strategic Partnership between Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia: Azerbaijan's Policy of Overcoming Geography and Common Incentives -- Authors -- Index.