On April 19, 2018, Khazar University Division of Graduate Studies and Research held preliminary defence of a dissertation by Shahriyar Mammadov, PhD candidate, on “US-Azerbaijan relations: a political analysis” together with the Department of Political Science and International Relations. Associates from the Institute of Philosophy of ANAS, Professor Alikram Tagiyev, Dr. Fuzuli Gurbanov, Dr. Sanan Hasanov, Dr. Telman Guliyev, Dr. Mahammad Jabrayilov, Dr. Huseyn Ibrahimov, Dr. Ruhangiz Hajiyeva, Vafa Saleh, associate of the Institute of History named after A.Bakikhanov, Dr. Mahir Ibrahimov, Dr. Eldar Shahgaldiyev, Head of Division of Graduate Studies and Research of Khazar University, Elmar Mustafayev, coordinator of the Department of Political Science and International Relations of Khazar University, and Gunay Mukhtarova, instructor, participated in the defence.