Rovshan Ibrahimov has been a Professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (South Korea) since 2015. Between 1999 and 2014, he worked at Qafqaz University (Azerbaijan), serving as Head of the Department of International Relations (2003–2013), Head of the Department of European Studies (2008–2010), and Vice-Rector for External Affairs (2011). From 2011 to 2014, he was also Head of the Foreign Policy Analysis Department at the Center for Strategic Research under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. He has taught at universities in the United States, Kazakhstan, Germany, and Poland and is the author of more than 200 articles and commentaries in various academic journals and books. He is also the author of two books: Strategic Implications of the War in Ukraine for the Post-Soviet Space: A View from Caucasus and Central Asia (Vernon Press, 2025) and Small State Foreign Policy in Contemporary World: The South Caucasus States (Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia) and Beyond (LIT Verlag, 2023).