Farid Osmanov is an analyst and reviewer in the field of international relations and foreign policy, with an emphasis on global and regional security, energy security and policy. He served at the Atlantic Council of the US, Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, regional security department; and Khazar University, School of Political Science and International Relations. He earned a BA from Baku State University in international relations and an MA from ADA University in diplomacy and international affairs. He is also an alumnus of the George C. Marshall Center for Security Studies' program on applied security studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.