On September 18, 2024, a delegation of the Institute for Strategic and Regional Studies (ISRS), led by Deputy Director Bakhtiyor Mustafayev, took part in the first international Blue Sky Forum on Central Asia, organized by the National Institute for Security Studies of Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar.

The forum brought together experts from leading think tanks of Central Asian countries and Mongolia. Participants included representatives of the Institute of Philosophy, Political Science and Religious Studies of Kazakhstan, the National Institute of Strategic Initiatives under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Center for Strategic Research under the President of Tajikistan. Mongolia was represented by specialists from the Institute for Strategic Studies and the Fiscal Stability Council.