
Javid Valiyev
Board Member of the AIR Center
javid.valiyev@aircenter.az
(+994 12) 596-82-39
Javid Valiyev earned his bachelor's degree in journalism from Ege University in Türkiye from 1998 to 2002. He obtained his master's degree from the Faculty of International Relations at Gazi University and his doctorate from the Faculty of International Relations at Ankara University. Javid Veliyev worked at the Center for National Security Strategic Studies of Türkiye (TUSAM) from 2005 to 2009. From 2009 to 2019, he was employed at the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, where he served as the head of the center's foreign policy department from 2015 until 2019. Concurrently, he also served as the center's specialist on Türkiye. Between 2017 and 2019, he was the editor of the English-language journal "Caucasus International" and represented the OSCE Think Tank and Academic Institutions Network in Baku. Additionally, he has been a lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences at Khazar University since 2019.
By the decrees of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, he was awarded the "Taraggi" medal on November 10, 2017, and the "100th Anniversary of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (1918-2018)" jubilee medal on July 25, 2019.
By the decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, dated March 7, 2025, he was appointed a member of the Board of Directors of the Center of Analysis of International Relations.
Monographs
Türkiye-Armenia Protocols: Who Gains and Who Loses? (in Azerbaijani) (Baku, 2010).
Historical and Contemporary Foundations of Türkiye -Azerbaijan Strategic Relations (1991-2018) (in Turkish). Istanbul: 2020.
Armenian Nationalist Irredentism and the Karabakh Wars (in Azerbaijani) (Baku, 2024).
Co-authored Books
South Caucasus: Energy, Geopolitical Competition, and Territorial Integrity (in Turkish, Ankara, 2011)
Azerbaijan- Türkiye: Friendship, Brotherhood, and Strategic Partnership (Ankara, 2012)
Azerbaijani Foreign Policy: 1991-2017 (in Azerbaijani) (Baku, 2019)
Azerbaijan-Iranian Cooperation: Main Directions and Opportunities (in Azerbaijani) (Baku, 2018).
Authored reports
Azerbaijan - Türkiye - Georgia: A Successful Example of Regional Cooperation Format, (in Turkish and English) (Istanbul, 2015)
Azerbaijan's Contribution to Global Energy Security as a Source and Transit Country (in Turkish) (Ankara, 2022)
Javid Valiyev writes articles on the South Caucasus, Azerbaijani foreign policy, and Armenia-Azerbaijan relations for various publications, including the Turkish Anadolu Agency, the English-language newspapers "Daily Sabah, "Yeni Şafak, and in U.S.-published online magazines such as "Eurasia Daily Monitor", "National Interest".