Fuad Shahbazov is an independent policy analyst and Associate Fellow at Daniel Morgan School of National Security in Baku, Azerbaijan. He has worked in different think tanks as a Senior Researcher for many years covering regional security, energy, military/defense partnership issues. He holds an MA in political science from Vytautas Magnus University, professional master’s degree in Terrorism Prevention from University of Bergamo, and MSc degree in Defense and Diplomacy from the University of Durham.