“Azerbaijan as a Regional Hub in Central Eurasia: A Strategic Assessment of Euro-Asian Trade and Trasportation”

TEPAV cordially invites you to the meeting of

“Azerbaijan as a Regional Hub in Central Eurasia:

A Strategic Assessment of Euro-Asian Trade and Transportation”

TEPAV Building,

3^rd Floor Conference Room

(TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Söğütözü Cad.No:43 Söğütözü-ANKARA)

on October 10, 2012

16.30-18.00

Keynote Speaker

Taleh Ziyadov

Research Fellow

Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy

Mr. Taleh Ziyadov is a research fellow at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA) in Baku, Azerbaijan. He holds a Master’s degree from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University (Washington, DC) and is currently working toward a Ph.D. degree at the University of Cambridge (UK). His research interests include energy security and transportation issues in the Caspian region and the political economy of transition in resource-rich states. His articles and book chapters analyzing energy issues, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Azerbaijan’s role in the East-West and North-South Transport Corridors appeared in various academic and analytical journals and newspapers. He is also co-editor of the recent book, Beyond the Resource Curse (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012), which examines the policy challenges encountered by major oil and natural gas exporting states. Previously, he served as Deputy Executive Director of the US-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC and as Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs at ADA in Baku.

RSVP: Şara AGUN-YALÇIN

Phone: 312.292 55 29 e-mail: sara.agun@tepav.org.tr

The meeting will be conducted only in English. No translation will be available.