Rusif Huseynov
Co-founder, Director
Rusif Huseynov is the Director of the Topchubashov Center, a Baku-based think tank. His work focuses on socio-political developments, frozen conflicts, and ethnic minorities in post-Soviet countries, with particular attention to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Central Asia.
Mr. Huseynov holds a bachelor’s degree from Baku State University and a master’s degree from the University of Tartu. He has been a ReThink.CEE fellow (2021) at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, a Local Focal Point within the EU4Dialogue project, and a Think Visegrad fellow (2025).
He regularly publishes commentary and provides interviews for various international media outlets.
The Topchubashov Center was established in April 2018 by the team managing The Politicon- an online platform for authors writing about politics and governance in all their forms and dimensions. It is also affiliated with the Center for Regional...
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