Fuad Shahbazov is a policy analyst who focuses on regional security, defense, and energy diplomacy issues. He frequently provides the local and international media with analytical insights regarding the major developments in the post-Soviet region and beyond. Fuad also regularly participates in conferences and roundtable meetings abroad to conduct presentations and lectures. He mainly covers the South Caucasus, China-BRI, Turkey, and Iran.
Between 2012-2013 he was a Junior Advisor at the Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD), a Baku-based research organization. In 2015, he became a Research Assistant at the European Policy Center (EPC) in Brussels, Belgium. From 2016 to 2018, Fuad worked as a Research Fellow at the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SAM). In 2018, Fuad was a Visiting Scholar at the Daniel Morgan School of National Security (Prevention of Violence Program) in Washington, D.C. From 2018 to 2021, he held a Senior Analyst position at the Center for Strategic Communications in Baku. From Oct 2022 to Sep 2024, he worked as a Geopolitical Risk Analyst at a private company.
Fuad got his bachelor’s degree (BA) in International Relations from Baku Slavonic University and obtained his first master’s degree (MA) in Politics at the University of VD (2016), an Executive Master’s degree in Terrorism, Prevention, and Counter-Radicalization at the University of Bergamo (2021), and a master of science (MSc) degree in Defense and Development at the University of Durham (2022).
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E-mail: f.sahbazov@gmail.com