School of Public and International Affairs

Azad Garibov

Assistant Professor

Political Science

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aigaribov@ada.edu.az

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2026

COURSES

State and Politics
Azerbaijani Government
World Politics
International Political Economy

EDUCATION

PhD in Political Science, Central European Uni-versity (minor - PhD in Social Science Research Methodology)
MSc in International Politics
BA in International Relations

PUBLICATIONS

Garibov, A., & Frappi, C. (Eds.). (2014). Caspian Sea chessboard: Geopolitical, geostrategic and geo-economic analysis. Egea
Garibov, A. (2018). Contemporary Chinese labor migration and its public perception in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan In M. Laruelle (Ed.), China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its impact in Central Asia (pp. 143–153). George Washington University, Central Asia Program.
Garibov, A. (2018). South Caucasus as a regional security complex: Divergent identities and convergent threat perceptions. In C. Frappi & G. Pashayeva (Eds.), Cooperation in Eurasia: Linking identity, security, and development (pp. 111–136). Italian Institute for International Political Studies.
Garibov, A. (2017). Understanding Azerbaijan’s foreign policy: Relations with regional countries. In V. Kaleji (Ed.), Iran and the South Caucasus countries (pp. 14–33). Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies. (In Persian and Russian)
Garibov, A. (2014). Caspian naval build-up: Militarization and arms race. In M. Valigi (Ed.), Caspian security issues: Conflicts, cooperation and energy supplies (pp. 85–100). Edizioni Epoké.
Garibov, A. (2017). Trans-Caspian cooperation: Overcoming the curse of landlockedness (SAM Comments, Vol. 22). Center for Strategic Studies (SAM).
Garibov, A. (2015). Alignment and alliance policies in the South Caucasus regional security complex (SAM Comments, Vol. 15). Center for Strategic Studies (SAM).
Garibov, A. (2019). Friends and foes in the South Caucasus: Sources of divergent security policies and alliances in the region. EUCACIS Papers, No. 9, 3–12.
Garibov, A. (2018). Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey: Advancing the military dimension of the trilateral partnership. L’Europe en Formation, 2018(1), 37–44.
Garibov, A. (2018). Legal status of the Caspian Sea is finally defined: What is next? Caucasus International, 8(2), 179–193.
Garibov, A. (2014). Deterrence and terrorism: Can terrorism be deterred? Kazakhstan in International Processes, 4(42), 96–105. (In Russian)
Garibov, A. (2013). The US post-9/11 nuclear strategy and its security implications for Russia. Geopolitica, 11(51), 100–107.