Biography

Zaur Shiriyev is an independent scholar. He has over fifteen years of experience in academia and think-tanks, with expertise in security, conflict resolution and foreign policy issues pertaining to the broader South Caucasus region.From February 2018 to March 2024, he worked as an analyst at the International Crisis Group. Before this, he was an Academy Associate with the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House, starting in 2015. He has published numerous articles and commentaries and co-edited 'The Geopolitical Scene of the Caucasus: A Decade of Perspectives' (Istanbul, 2013), and co-edited as well as contributed a chapter to 'Energy Security and Geopolitics in Southeast Europe and Azerbaijan' (Washington, DC, 2015).