Rusif Huseynov

Rusif Huseynov is the co-founder and director of Topchubashov Center, a Baku-based think tank. He obtained a bachelor’s degree from Baku State University and master’s degree from the University of Tartu. He is a ReThink.CEE (2021) fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States and Local Focal Point within the EU4Dialogue project.

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Georgian Dream Considers a Confederation With Breakaway Territories

06.17.2024 Rusif Huseynov

Executive Summary: Reports are spreading that Georgian Dream leader Bidzina Ivanishvili is secretly working with the Kremlin on a confederative structure for the separatist territories...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor Georgia

Azerbaijan Calls for Return of Contested Villages

04.17.2024 Rusif Huseynov

Executive Summary: Azerbaijan is increasing the pressure on Armenia to return eight border settlements— four villages and four exclaves—under Baku’s sovereignty. Azerbaijani officials and the...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor Armenia

Burgeoning Azerbaijani-NATO Relations

06.29.2023 Rusif Huseynov

“Azerbaijan has proven to be a reliable partner of NATO [North Atlantic Treaty Organization],” declared President Ilham Aliyev in December 2021 during his visit to...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor Afghanistan

Azerbaijan Pivots to the Balkans

04.24.2023 Rusif Huseynov

On April 13, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev paid an official visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. While there, Aliyev met with his counterparts, the members of the...

Publication Eurasia Daily Monitor Azerbaijan