Halted Democracy: Government Hijacking of the New Opposition in Azerbaijan

received his PhD in the History of Political Islam from Baku State University in 1993. He has held fellowships in Germany, Italy, France and the United States, including fellowship at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, a Fulbright Scholarship at Georgetown University, Reagan-Fascell Fellowship at the National Endowment for Democracy and visiting professorships and appointments at Sapienza-Università di Roma, UCLA and Sciences Po.

A political philosopher and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pavia.