Events
WEBINAR // Case Study: Azerbaijanis forcibly removed from Armenia
On July 15, 2024 at 12:00pm (EST) the Global Policy Institute (GPI) and Bay Atlantic University (BAU) held an event titled “Azerbaijanis forcibly removed from Armenia” via Zoom and in-person at BAU, 8th floor conference room.
The history of the Caucasus is characterized by dominant powers that at different times arbitrarily forced vast population movements, with hardships and pain for the people concerned. A relatively recent chapter within this complicated narrative is the plight of ethnic Azerbaijanis who were forcibly removed from their native Armenia in the late 1980s. Once the biggest ethnic minority within Armenia, (at least 250,000), now there are hardly any Azerbaijanis left in Armenia. Most of them ended up in Azerbaijan. After many years of conflict, Armenia and Azerbaijan are negotiating new foundations for peace and stability. In this new, auspicious context, what can be done for all the Azerbaijanis forced to leave Armenia a few decades ago? Ulviyya Zulfikar, head of public relations of Western Azerbaijan Community & Western Azerbaijan television department joined us as a guest speaker to shed some light on this important topic.
About GPI/BAU Series on Refugees
The number of forcibly displaced people – people who had to leave their homes on account of conflicts or persecution – is climbing at a rapid pace across the world. At the end of 2023 there were about 110 million displaced individuals, many of them are children. Of these, more than 35 million were and are refugees. Sadly, these numbers are going up, year after year. The refugees crisis is now an enormous human catastrophe.
To shed some light on this tragedy, the Global Policy Institute, GPI, and Bay Atlantic University, BAU, will hold a series of events on refugees, featuring experts who will discuss case studies with the goal of illustrating the issues and the huge human and economic costs associated with them.
Event Recording:
Speaker
Ulviyya Zulfikar – Head of the Public Relations of Western Azerbaijan Community and Western Azerbaijan Television department – Press Secretary (November 30, 1983, Homeland: Western Azerbaijan – Iravan city) Graduated from the Faculty of International Relations of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Bachelor, master). From 2006 to 2021 she worked in various positions in the Political Analysis Department of Azad Azerbaijan Television (ATV), in 2021-2024 worked as the editor-in-chief at News.az international news agency which broadcast the news in English language. Since October 2022, she has worked as the Press Secretary of the Western Azerbaijan Community. Since June 1, 2024, she has been appointed as the head of the Public Relations of Western Azerbaijan Community and Western Azerbaijan Television department, continuing her work both as the press secretary and as the head of the Western Azerbaijan Television. She speaks English, Russian, Spanish and has a number of local and foreign certificates. A certificate from the well-known Harvard University is among them.
Moderator
Paolo von Schirach became President of the Global Policy Institute, GPI, in 2016. He is also Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Bay Atlantic University, BAU, in Washington DC. He previously served as Department Chair for Political Science and IR at BAU. Areas of expertise: US politics and economics, international security, NATO affairs, the war in Ukraine, the Middle East, US-China relations, Africa, terrorism, oil and gas and renewable energy.
Paolo von Schirach is the Founder and Editor of the Schirach Report, an online publication focusing on politics, economics and international security. Von Schirach is a frequent lecturer, TV and radio commentator, on US foreign and domestic politics and global issues. He is frequently on Alhurra TV, Asharq News, BBC Arabic, TG5 (Italy), Cairo TV, Sky News Arabia, Newsy, France 24, and other networks.
For more than 25 years von Schirach worked in emerging markets as Team Leader and Senior Expert managing investment and trade promotion programs. Prior to that he was a Research Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, CSIS, which was followed by filling the role of Director of Communications, and later on Senior Research Fellow, at the Atlantic Council. He was Deputy Director of the Global Security Project at Georgetown University, and Vice President for International Programs at Intelx, an institution focusing on international education. He was an Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Program of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, (MSFS). He has been a frequent lecturer at the Foreign Service Institute, (FSI), the U.S. Federal Government’s primary foreign affairs training institution. Von Schirach holds higher degrees from Georgetown University where he was also a Fulbright Scholar and Fellow in the Government Department, the London School of Economics, the University of Pisa, Italy, and the Scuola Universitaria Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa.