Farkhod Aminjonov Ph.D. ASSISTANT Professor
Farkhod Aminjonov is an Assistant Professor at the National Defense College, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Prior to joining National Defense College, he was an Assistant Professor at Zayed University, UAE and Professor-Researcher at Narxoz University, Kazakhstan. In his capacity as a Deputy Director of the Central Asia Institute for Strategic Studies and a Senior Research Fellow at the Eurasian Research Institute of Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh–Turkish University based in Kazakhstan, he contributed to the institutes’ work on energy, security, and development.
Dr. Aminjonov has experience engaging in a number of individual and collaborative research projects with German, Canadian, Norwegian, American, and Turkish top-tier think tanks and such international organizations as the OSCE and the UN. Farkhod Aminjonov holds a Ph.D. in Global Governance from Wilfrid Laurier University/ Balsillie School of International Affairs (Canada), an M.A. in International Area Studies from the University of Tsukuba (Japan), an M.A. in Political Science from the OSCE Academy in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) and a B.A. (Hon.) in International Law from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy (Uzbekistan).
Dr. Aminjonov is a specialist on Eurasian energy and its intersection with international politics and security. He has been researching energy security, pipeline politics, sustainable transition, and climate change for almost 15 years. His works appeared in RUSI Journal, Social Science Quarterly, UNISCI Journal, NUPI-OSCE Academy CADGAT Reports as well as multiple edited volumes by internationally recognized academic and policy-focused presses.