Next issue ‘Azerbaijan. Regional Geopolitical Player’ based in Romania, published due to support Of Heydar Aliyev Foundation
Next issue ‘Azerbaijan. Regional Geopolitical Player’ of ‘Geopolitica’, the influential collection based in Romania, has been published on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the state independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Published due to support of Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the 246-page publication comprises of articles and studies dedicated to Azerbaijan in English and Romanian languages.
Opened by article ‘Caucasus and its political space. Brief induction’ by Secretary of the collection’s editorial board, Dr Marius Vacarelu, the issue consists of sections ‘Geopolitics’, ‘Geostrategy’, ‘Geoeconomics’, ‘Geohistory’ and ‘Universitas’. The publication also features an interview by Ambassador E.Hasanov to ‘Geopolitica’ and a presentation on Heydar Aliyev Foundation by I.Hajiyev, the Head of the Foundation’s Romania Office.
Section ‘Geopolitics’ presents articles ‘Competition for Azerbaijan and Eurasia’ by Dr Vasile Nazare, ‘Move towards Euro Atlantic Alliance in Azerbaijan’s foreign policy’ by Prof. Richard Russo, ‘Views on Azerbaijan’s role of leader in frame of Caspian-Black seas space’ by Dr Ionut Constantin, ‘South Caucasus in the context of Russia’s geopolitical interests’ by Dr Gunduz Aliyev and ‘Azerbaijan between East and West’ by Ana Maria Gimish.
Section ‘Geostrategy’ contains studies ‘Azerbaijan – the important strategic player in South Caucasus’ by Parasciva Badescu, ‘Crisis of power and danger of civic war in Azerbaijan (1991-1993)’ by Dr Fakhri Kerimli, ‘Conflicts of states in Caucasus’ by Dr Stefan Georgescu and Dr Marian Zidaru, ‘Azerbaijan between being a sea power and representation of sea powers in this country’ by Dr Romulus Hylda, ‘Azerbaijan-USA military cooperation in frame of international antiterror coalition’ by Dr Elman Nasirov.
Section ‘Geoeconomics’ includes articles ‘EU interests in Azerbaijan’ by Khatira Hajiyeva, ‘Factor of energy security in strategic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey’ by Aygun Asgerzade, ‘Significance of Azerbaijan-Romania relationship in implementation of energy projects’ by Tabriz Garayev.
Section ‘Geohistory’ is consisted of studies ‘History of Azerbaijan from the vision of Europe’ by the first ambassador of Azerbaijan to Romania, Director of Institute for Turkish and Central-Asian Studies at Babes-Bolyai University Tahsin Jemil, ‘Brief background of formation and transformation of South Caucasian states: Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia’ by Dr Ion Stan, extract from book ‘Iravan Khanate’ by collective authors of the A.Bakykhanov History Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, ‘Initial forms of human rights in historical development process and directions of their formation’ by Dr Jeyhun Huseynov, ‘Cornerstone elements in South Caucasus geopolitics in 1991-2010’ by doctoral candidate of Babes-Bolyai University Asger Dunyamaliyev, ‘Azerbaijan. Political-historical vision on the Daghlig Garabagh conflict’ by Alexandru Mihai Gicu, ‘The Daghlig Garabagh conflict’ by Yanos Lepedus.
Section ‘Universitas’ features studies ‘The Romanian literature translated into Azerbaijani language’ by the Nizami Literature Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan Jale Ismailova.
The publication includes reviews on books ‘Azerbaijan – The Burning Flame’ by Chairperson of Bucharest Writers Association Horia Girbea, ‘Relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Romania (1993-2004)’ by F.Kerimli and ‘Relations of the Republic of Azerbaijan with Central Asian states’ by I.Hajiyev. The issue also contains thematic maps on Daghlig Garabagh region and other occupied territories of Azerbaijan, Iravan Khanate, the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan, historical states of Azerbaijan, oil-gas fields in Caspian Sea, regional oil-gas routes and other themes.
Academic Board of collection ‘Geopolitica’ includes 5 academicians and 44 professors from countries such as Rumania, China, Germany, USA, Italy, France, Macedonia, Iran, Japan, Tunisia.
Delivery of issue ‘Azerbaijan. Regional Geopolitical Player’ to libraries and bookstores of the country has been assured.