AT THE CENTER'S CORE: OUR SPECIALISTS AND STAFF

Raffi K. Hovannisian, Director. Former Minister of Foreign Affairs. International lawyer. Graduate of UCLA (History and Near Eastern Studies), The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (International Relations and Soviet Affairs), and Georgetown University Law Center.

Samvel Muradyan, MBA, Office Manager. Graduate of Yerevan State University (Molecular Physics) and American University of Armenia (Business Administration).

Karapet Kalenchian, Ph.D., Research Coordinator. Graduate of Yerevan Polytechnic Institute and Moscow Graduate School of Engineering. Currently also lecturer at Yerevan Polytechnic Institute.

Nerses Mkrtchian, Ph.D., Senior Analyst, European Studies. Graduate of Yerevan State University. Previously diplomat in Armenian Foreign Ministry, and researcher in Armenian Diaspora department of the Academy of Sciences.

Manvel Sargsian, Senior Analyst, International Affairs. Graduate of Baku Polytechnic Institute (Architecture). Previously Mountainous Karabagh's official representative in Armenia, adviser to Karabagh's Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Mkrtich Zardarian, Ph.D., Analyst, History and Culture. Graduate of Yerevan State University. Previously senior researcher and program head at Institute of Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences, numismatic counselor to the Central Bank of Armenia.

Gayane Novikova, Ph.D., Analyst, Middle East Affairs. Graduate of Yerevan State University. Previously researcher at the Academy of Sciences.

Aghavni Karakhanian, Analyst, Transatlantic Affairs. Graduate of Yerevan State University and Moscow State University (History of Western Europe and America). Previously lecturer at Briusov Institute of Foreign Languages.

Anahit Mkrtchian, Analyst, Social Policy. Graduate of Yerevan State University (Philosophy and Applied Sociology) and Philosophy and Law Institute of the Academy of Sciences. Previously researcher at Armenia's Education Ministry Institute.

Bagrat Sadoian, Analyst, CIS Affairs. Graduate of Yerevan State University and Institute of Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences. Previously counselor to the Artsakh Committee of Armenia's National Assembly and to the Gorbachev Foundation.

Aram Haroutiunian, Analyst, CIS Affairs. Graduate of Yerevan State University. Previously USSR vice consul in India, director of Soviet Cultural and Scientific Center in Madras, counselor to the Armenian Permanent Representation in Moscow.

Elmira Sarvazian, Armenian Editor. Graduate of Yerevan Polytechnic Institute.

Zaruhi Ohanian, Russian Editor. Graduate of and lecturer at Yerevan State University.

Susan Marukhian, English Translations. Graduate of Briusov Institute of Foreign Languages and Central European University.

Nvard Stepanian, English Translations. Graduate of Yerevan Polytechnic Institute and American University of Armenia (Engineering Department).

Anna Mkhitarian, English Translations. Student at Briusov Institute of Foreign Languages.

Tamara Stepanian, Russian Translations. Graduate of Yerevan Polytechnic Institute.

Andranik Mooradian, Computer Specialist. Graduate of Yerevan Polytechnic Institute.

Sonia Bazikian, Executive Assistant. Graduate of Islamic Azad University of Iran (English).

Lilia Khatlamajian, Administrative Assistant. Graduate of Yerevan Polytechnic Institute.

Sooren Avagian, Administrative Assistant.