Kavus Abushov

Associate Professor

Political Science

My research interests include security studies, ethnic civil wars, political economy and state-building.

Courses	International Relations Theories Security Studies International Political Economy
Education	PhD, Westfälische Wilhelms University of Muenster MA, Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt BA, Baku State University
Joined ADA	September 2009
Publications	- The Azerbaijani resilient society: explaining the multifaceted aspects of people’s social solidarity, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 2021. - “Explaining Foreign Policy Deviations: The Strategic Rationale of Russia’s Recognition of Abkhazia’s and South Ossetia’s Independence”, Ethnopolitics, 2021. - "Refining the Line of Distinction between Ethnic Conflict and Security Dilemma: Towards a Theory of Identity Driven Ethnic Conflict", Civil Wars, vol. 21, issue 3, 2019. - Russian foreign policy towards the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: prudent geopolitics, incapacity or identity?, East European Politics, 2019. - Autonomy as a possible solution to self-determination disputes: does it work?, Journal on minority and group rights, volume 22(1), 2015. - Christian Walter, Antje von Ungern, Kavus Abushov, Self-determination and secession in international law, Oxford University Press, 2014. - Application of international humanitarian law to the military operations within the “war on terror”, Russian Yearbook of International Law, 2012. - Policing the near abroad: Russian foreign policy in the South Caucasus, Australian Journal of International Affairs, 63(2), 2009.