GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS UNDER THE FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND REGIONAL STUDIES

The departament of International Relations was founded in 2001. The first head of the Department was prof. Sabir Dashdamirov. Later on prof. Jala Garibova, prof. Musa Gasimli and Associate professor, PhD Samir Hamidov consecutively headed the departament. Prof. Dr. Aida Yusifzade leads the departament since 2017. Dr. Yusifzade was elected the head of the departament for the second term on July 7, 2022.

As one of the specialty departments that conducts teaching process in the International Relations and Regional Studies Faculty the Department of International Relations carries out great responsibility.

Forty one employees work in the International Relations Department at the moment. Of them, three are professors, ten associate professors, four senior teachers and the rest are teachers, alongside two departament assistants. Three doctors of sciences and fifteen PhDs work in the department. Currently, five doctoral and 4 dissertation students of PhD programs and two more scholars of doctor of sciences programs work on various actual problems of international relations.

Alongside full time teachers, experts invited from the Administration of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic, the Ministry of Taxes, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, the Institite of Manuscripts, ADA University work in the departament on a part-time or hourly basis. Moreover, several teachers of the departament work in other signficant positions alongside teaching.

The activity of the teachers is evaluated according to various criteria in the International Relations departament. Their rating is defined in accordance with the significance of their published scientific works, initiatives, work discipline and other factors.

Throughout 21 years of Department’s operation there have been compiled and published numerious programs, scientific-methodical materials, monographies, textbooks and teaching aids for undargraduate and graduate levels. In the recent years employees of the departament have publised a number of monographies, textbooks and teaching aids, including the following: prof. A.M.Yusifzade “Fundamentals of Constitutional Law” (2017) teaching aid, “Modent integration processes” (2022) teaching aid, Associate prof. Samir Hamidov et al "International Security" (2016), "International organisations" (2016), "Theory of International relations"(2016), Ali Mustafayev "Legal system of France" (2010), Nasib Nasibli "Metodology of research in Social sciences" (2015), prof. Rafiq Abbasov "Ilham Aliyev – the modern follower of ancient peoples’ friendship" (2013) monography, Associate prof. Matanat Asgarova “Constitutional Acts and legal norms of Great Britain” (English Law) (2015) teaching

aid, Associate prof. Mehriban Babakhanova “Legal system of Argentina” (2020) teaching aid, Associate prof. Namig Asadov “Fundamentals and evaluation of international relations” (2017), “People’s Republic of Azerbaijan” (co-author Assoc. prof. E.Gasımov) (2018) teaching aids. The teachers of the Department have also compiled teaching aids for all the courses offered in the bachelors and masters levels:

F. Gulamirli "Modern diplomacy", A. Yusifzada, F. Gulamirli “Strategic management”, “Political geography”, G. Hajaliyeva "Geopolitics", A. Yusifzadə, G. Hajaliyeva “Asia-Pacific region in the international relations system », A. Bagirova “World politics”, A. Yusifzada, A. Bagirova, A. Ramazanova “Theory of International Relations”, “Geopolitics”, A. Bagirova “Contemporary conflicts and Peace processes”, A.Ramazanova “History of political thought”, S. Mammadova “Theory of politics” etc. The head of the Department A. Yusifzade and the senior teacher of the Department F. Gulamirli co-authored doctoral admission program for international relations specialty (2022).

The teachers of the departament currently work on the textbooks “Modern Diplomacy” and “History of International Relations”.

In the last five years, several department associates defended their doctoral dissertations on the following topics: Samira Imanova "Romania-Azerbaijan relations (1991-2011)", Emil Gasimov "Relations of the Republic of Azerbaijan with Western European countries (in the field of science, education and culture)", Mehriban Babakhanova " The institute of parliamentary control in the Republic of Azerbaijan and Scandinavian countries" (the case of Norway)", Aytan Ramazanova "Security problems of the South Caucasus: geopolitical interests of the global and regional actors".

More than 60 master's dissertations were defended in the department during the corresponding period of time. Also, as of 2022, teaching is conducted in English, alongside Russian and Azerbaijani languages at the Department of International Relations.

The staff of the International Relations departament:

Subjects offered in the International Relations department Undergraduate

1. Political Geography
2. Modern Diplomacy
3. History of Political thought
4. Globalisation in the contemporary international relations
5. Asian and African countries in the international relations system
6. Political integration in EU
7. Formation of International Relations
8. European and American countries in the international relations system
9. The Caucasus region in the international relations system
10. History of International relations (1648-modern period)
11. History of Turkic peoples
12. Contemporary conflicts and peace processes

13. Comparative political systems
14. Foundations of the national security of the Azerbaijan Republic
15. Foreign Policy of the Azerbaijan Republic
16. International Law
17. Asia-Pacific region in the international relations system
18. Eastern Europe in the international relations system
19. Latin America in the international relations system
20. Theory of international relations
21. World politics
22. Diplomatic portraits
23. Political conflicts
24. International security
25. Theory of politics
26. Political analysis and critical thinking
27. Geopolitics
28. Conflictology
29. Economic diplomacy
30. Strategic management
31. Energy diplomacy in the international relations
32. EU in the international relations system
33. International organizations
34. Middle East in the international relations system
35. Central Asia in the international relations system
36. Gender problems in the international relations

Graduate

1. International relations and history and methodology of the region
2. Peace and conflict theory
3. Political conflicts
4. Economic diplomacy
5. European Union in the international relations
6. Peace and conflict in world politics
7. Russia in the world politics
8. The USA in the world politics
9. EU in the world politics
10. Anglo-saxon school in the theory of international relations
11. Turkic states in the international system
12. Theory of foreign policy
13. International security problems
14. Caucasus and Caspian region in the international relations system (elective course)
15. USA and Transatlantic relations (elective course)
16. Political forecasting (elective course)
17. Parliament of Azerbaijan in international relations system (elective course)