Shahbazov, Fuad: - Mr. Fuad Shahbazov is a political scientist, lecturer, and researcher covering conflict studies, regional security of the Eurasian region, political Islam, and energy studies. In 2015, he worked as a Research Assistant at the European Policy Center based in Brussels, covering Russia and the post-Soviet region. Between 2016 and 2018, he was a Research Fellow in the Foreign Policy Analysis Department of the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, covering the Caucasus and European regions. From 2018 to 2021, he was a Senior Analyst at the Center for Strategic Communications. In 2018, he became a Visiting Scholar at the Daniel Morgan School of National Security based in Washington, D.C. From 2023 to 2024, he worked as a Geopolitical Risk Analyst. Fuad holds a BA degree in International Relations from Baku Slavonic University, a master's degree in Political Science from Vytautas Magnus University, a professional master's degree in Terrorism and Religious Extremism from the University of Bergamo, and an MSc degree in Defense and Diplomacy from the University of Durham. Currently, he is an Associate Fellow at Daniel Morgan School.