Ambassador

Date and Place of Birth

April 03, 1977, Dilijan, Armenia

2013	Doctor of Political Sciences (Dr. Sci, Political Sciences-International Relations) Institute for National Security Studies, Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2013	Rumsfeld Foundation Fellowship Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA
2013	Visiting Researcher Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA
2011-2013	Post-Doctoral Studies in Political Sciences Institute for National Security Studies, Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2011	U.S. Department of State, International Visitor Leadership Program on Conflict Resolution, Washington, DC, USA
2011	Wider Europe Security Initiative Security Cluster, Fellowship Project, Aleksanteri Institute, Helsinki University and Tampere Peace Research Institute, Helsinki - Tampere, Finland
2009-2010	Yerevan School of Political Studies of the Council of Europe, Yerevan, Armenia – Strasburg, France
2004	Methodological Institute of International Relations, Academic Educational Forum for International Relations and MacArthur Foundation, Tarusa, Russia
2002	PhD in Military History Institute of History, National Academy of Science, Yerevan, Armenia
1998-2002	Post-Graduate Studies Institute of History, National Academy of Science, Yerevan, Armenia
1993-1998	MA in International Relations Department of International Relations, Yerevan State University, Armenia

2013-2015	Research Fellow Institute for National Security Studies, Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2012-2017	Regional Military Analyst IHS Jane’s Information Group, Yerevan, Armenia - London, UK
2011-2017	Local Program Coordinator in Armenia Academic Swiss Caucasus Net (ASCN), Yerevan, Armenia – Fribourg, Switzerland
2006-2017	Deputy Director, Head of Department of Political Studies Caucasus Institute, Yerevan, Armenia
2009-2010	Lecturer Department of International Relations, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
2006-2009	Research Fellow Institute of Political Studies, Administration of the President of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
2003-2005	Director Scientific Research Centre for South Caucasus Security and Integration Studies, Yerevan, Armenia
2002-2008	Lecturer Department of International Relations and Political Studies, Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) State University, Yerevan, Armenia
2002-2006	Research Fellow Institute of History, National Academy of Science, Yerevan, Armenia
2002-2006	Researcher Caucasus Centre for Iranian Studies, Yerevan, Armenia
2002-2003	Lecturer State Academy of Public Administration, Government of the Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia

Diplomatic Rank
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

Language Skills

Russian, English, Georgian

Marital Status
Married, has two children

Author / co-author of 15 monographs and research reports as well as 120 academic and analytic papers