Dr. Esmira Jafarova is a Board member of the Center of Analysis of International Relations (AIR Center). She obtained her PhD degree in Political Sciences from the University of Vienna, Austria. She was a Visiting Scholar at the Harriman Institute of Columbia University, in the city of New York, the United States, From 2001 to 2016 Esmira Jafarova held different positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan. She also served as the Head of the International Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Energy and later as an Adviser to the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan between 2018 and 2019.