Put into the readers’ hands, the book is devoted to the issues of modern Azerbaijan, analyzed through the prism of key political, social, and economic processes happening in this country.

Modern Azerbaijan plays a significant role from the geopolitical and security perspective, not only in the regional aspect of the Southern Caucasus, but also as a broadly recognized post-Soviet area. Therefore, the purpose of this book was to improve the readers’ awareness of modern Azerbaijan and to present the most important processes regarding the issue of political, social, and economic transformations of the country, as well as the aspects of foreign and security policy.

The main intention of the initiators of this book was to take a national perspective, therefore the authors of each of the articles are scientists representing diverse research institutions in Azerbaijan who present the latest results of their research. Thus, in this book the readers will find answers to the key questions regarding modern Azerbaijan and the most important processes happening in this country.
Piotr Bajor