Foreign policy of the Republic of Azerbaijan: the difficult road to Western integration, 1918-1920
In: Studies of Central Asia and the Caucasus 6
1. The South caucasus after the February 1917 revolution and the beginning of diplomatic struggles for the region -- 2. The Trabzon and Batum conferences : Azerbaijan's first diplomatic steps toward independence -- 3. Declaration of independence and the first steps of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- 4. The diplomatics campaign for the liberation of Baku -- 5. Diplomatic activity of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the end of World War I and the allied entry into Azerbaijan -- 6. Azerbaijani diplomacy during the preparations for the Paris Peace Conference -- 7. Expansion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its diplomatic initiatives at the peace conference -- 8. Azerbaijan's diplomacy confronts the claims of "Indivisible Russia" and "Great Armenia" -- 9. The Western mandate and efforts to approach France, Great Britain, and Italy -- 10. The growing interest of the United States in the caucasus and Azerbaijan -- 11. Lobbying in the United States and the spread of national propaganda in Western Europe -- 12. Recognition of Azerbaijan's independence by the allied powers at Versailles -- 13. Azerbaijan and the international situation on the eve of the occupation -- 14. Azerbaijani diplomacy and the April 1920 occupation.