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Council of International Relations (CARI), 22 November 2011;
5. Agreement on Cooperation and Academic Exchange with the International
Center for Black Sea Studies(ICBSS), 29 November 2011;
6. Agreement on Cooperation in the area of Scientific Research with the Center
for Political Analysis of Warsaw University of Poland, 15 December 2011;
7. Agreement on Cooperation with the US Analytical Center Stratfor, 23
December 2011;
8. Main Agreement on Cooperation with the Islamabad Institute of Political
Research, 3 March 2012;
9. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation with the Institute of Strategic
Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 3 March 2012;
10. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation with the National Institute of
Strategic Studies of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, 3 March 2012;
11. Protocol on Co-Sponsorship of the Khojaly – legal analysis research project
with the Youth Forum of the Islamic Conference for Dialogue and Cooperation,
3 March 2012;
12. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation with the Strategic Research
Center under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan, 3 March 2012;
13. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation with the Alexanteri Institute
of Helsinki University of Finland, 2 April 2012;
14. Agreement on Cooperation with the Institute of International Relations of
France, 12 April 2012;
15. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation with the Institute of Strategic
Studies under the President of Ukraine, 30 May 2012;
16. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation with the Strategic and
International Studies Foundation of Georgia, 28 June 2012;
17. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation with the Foundation for
International Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities, 4 September 2012;
18. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation with the Russian PIR Center
of Political Studies, 30 October 2012.
18. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation with the Academy of
Contemporary International Relations of the People's Republic of China 21
January 2013;
19. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation with the « Russia, Eastern
Europe and Central Asia Institute» at the at the Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences (CASS) 22 January 2013;
20. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation with the Strategic Studies
Group of Iraq. Bağhdad, 23 february 2013;
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21. Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation with the Korea Institute for
International Economic Policy Jule 2013.
SAM has also organized various local and international events, including
panel discussions, meetings, conferences and so on.
International conferences
Four international conferences were held in 2008, one in 2009, eight in 2010,
eight in 2011 and 15 in 2012. Overall 36 international conferences were organized
during the past 5 years, 21 of which took place in Azerbaijan.
SAM also attaches great importance to contributing to international forums in
the academic partnership format. For example, SAM is an academic partner of
the Frankfurt Gas Forum.
Roundtables/Panel discussions
Ten roundtables were held in 2008, 14 in 2009, 18 in 2010, 13 in 2011 and 21
in 2012. Thus, a total of nearly 80 roundtables have been held.
Scientific research activities of SAM.
In the reporting period, the center’s departments for domestic and foreign
policies, economic analysis and globalization have carried out long-and short-
term research projects, published numerous academic papers, most in foreign
languages, produced open and closed reports and notes, and regularly provided
analyses and interviews in electronic media.
Considering the importance of objectivity and examination of public opinion,
the center’s scientific research projects in the area of domestic policy analysis
were usually carried out by means of sociological surveys. About 10 sociological
surveys were conducted in the area of Priority directions of Azerbaijan’s domestic
policy strategy.
One of the center’s projects that attracted public attention was the Analytical
Essay Competition dedicated to the 20
th
anniversary of Azerbaijan’s state
independence. The competition was held among students receiving their education
in and outside Azerbaijan. The goals of the competition were to develop and
stimulate the analytical skills and abilities of the young people studying politics,
history, law, philosophy, international law, international relations, economy, etc.
and to identify talented individuals. About 100 participants from local and foreign
educational institutions entered the competition.
In the area of foreign political analysis¸ Azerbaijan’s international relations,
its geopolitical stance in the region, peace and national security issues, the
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Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and other topics were often
on the agenda of foreign political research in recent years. Research focusing
on a careful observation of the political developments unfolding in the world,
especially in the South Caucasus, their analysis and prognostication, Azerbaijan’s
role in international affairs were of priority importance.
As regards to SAM’s research activities on the subject of economic analysis
and globalization, important issues such as Azerbaijan’s energy policy, its role
in global, especially European, energy security, the Caspian-Black Sea energy
corridor, regional energy projects and cooperation with international oil and
gas companies were analyzed in the reporting period. Besides, Azerbaijan’s
sustainable macroeconomic development, its integration into the global economy,
new strategic directions of the state energy policy, development of alternative
and renewable energy, economic diversification and other important topics have
been research priorities. Commentaries, reports and multimedia resources have
been produced in English and Russian, describing Azerbaijan’s socioeconomic
indicators for the foreign expert community.
SAM joined the list of the best think tanks of the world
Every year Pennsylvania University prepares the list of think tanks over the
world by attracting more than 6 000 research centers and 2 000 experts.
The Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Azerbaijan joined the
world’s most respected think tank ranking published by Pennsylvania University
and presented in New-York. SAM ranked 124th in the top 150 world think tanks
according to the annual report of Pennsylvania University. Thus with its results
Azerbaijan is ahead of all CIS think tanks except Russia. SAM took the 32nd
place in the list of 60 best think tanks of Central and East European countries as
the only representative of Azerbaijan. In this ranking SAM has no competitor from
CIS except Russia.
SAM also took place in the list of top think tanks associated with government.
In this list SAM ranked 32nd place in the world and 10th place in Europe. From
all of the post soviet countries only Russia could compete with Azerbaijan in the
list of the world’s best government think tanks.
In addition SAM was included in the list of think tanks that held the best PR-
campaign, taking 51st place.
On the base of these results it becomes obvious that in the 5th year after its
foundation SAM managed to become the most powerful think tank of South
Caucasus.
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