Caucasus Regional Policy Symposium 4 sponsored by the US department of State and the Starr Foundation and hosted by IREX and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars was held in Virginia, March 26-28, 2004. The Symposium discussed political processes in the Caucasian region, Russia, Iran, Turkey politics in the region, as well as the issues related to security challenges, economic, trade, environmental developments, human rights, ethnic conflicts, legal reforms, current state of relations with the West and so on.

Nariman Gasimoglu, Chairman of Religion and Democracy Center had a speech at the Symposium. His presentation was dedicated to the adaptation processes Islamic religion goes through in the contemporary political realities of the region