Rusif Huseynov is the Co-founder and Director of Topchubashov Center, a Baku-based think tank. His main interests are socio-political developments, frozen conflicts, and ethnic minorities in post-Soviet countries, while his focus areas cover Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Caucasus, and Central Asia. Mr Huseynov obtained his 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. Mr Huseynov also taught as an adjunct lecturer at ADA University. He pens articles for international media outlets such as the National Interest, Jamestown Foundation, and New Eastern Europe, among others.