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Center for Strategic Studies under President of Azerbaijan Republic releases report on work done in six months of 2011

28 July 2011 08:59 (UTC +04:00)

The Center told APA that a number of research projects, important visits, meetings and events were realized during the reporting period.

The main scientific studies included the Turkish-language book â€œSouth Caucasus. Territorial integrity, geopolitical struggle and energyâ€, the first edition of the quarterly journal â€œCaucasus Internationalâ€ (in English) founded by Turkey-based Eurasian Scientists Society and published with the support of the Center for Strategic Studies, reports entitled â€œInfluence of the amendments to the 2011 state budget on macroeconomic stability, economic development and social welfareâ€. This list also includes book â€œFrom Maindorf to Astana: principle aspects of Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflictâ€ published within the framework of the joint project of Middle East countriesâ€™ history department of the History Faculty of Moscow State University and the Center for Strategic Studies. This book is an interesting guide for analyzing the problems in the South Caucasus and searching the optimal models of post-conflict resolution.

Within six months the representatives of the Center for Strategic Studies prepared analytical materials, 91 articles were published in the press and e-media, 16 interviews were given. Article entitled â€œInteraction of the approaches of Turkey, Russia and US on Nagorno Karabakh conflictâ€ prepared by deputy director of the Center for Strategic Studies Gulshan Pashayeva and editor of â€œTurkish Policy Quarterlyâ€ journal Nigar Goksel was published in the third edition of the journal â€œThe comments of the Center for Strategic Studiesâ€. Scientific worker of the Center for Strategic Studies Rashad Karimov was the advisor of â€œA Crucible of Nations: The Geopolitics of the Caucasusâ€ prepared by Stratfor global intelligence company.

Memorandums on cooperation were signed with the leading think tanks of Turkey and Russia within the six months.

Center for Strategic Studies (SAM) organized a series of international and local events, as well as visits of the foreign guests to Azerbaijan in the first half of 2011, including international events like conferences entitled â€œChanging power balance in the Middle Eastâ€ attended by STRATFOR chief executive and founder George Friedman and editor-in-chief of Russia in Global Policy F. Lukyanov, â€œBarack Obama administration and Azerbaijan-Armenia Nagorno Karabakh conflictâ€ attended by delegations of Haifa and George Washington universities, as well as â€œCyber- and national security. NATO policy and national viewâ€.

The Center organized some interesting national events, including the conference entitled â€œGlobalization, national idea and Azerbaijanâ€ organized jointly with the Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, as well as a series of public debates organized jointly with the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Azerbaijan.

SAM invited the delegations of the US Global Affairs Councilâ€™s Leaders Mission and Truman National Security Project to Azerbaijan. They held meetings with the heads of governmental agencies and experts.

SAM researchers were involved in the education process in some of the universities of Azerbaijan.