Gilbert Doctorow
Dr. Gilbert Doctorow is a professional Russia watcher of Russian affairs going back to 1965. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College (1967), a past Fulbright scholar, and holder of a Ph.D. with honors in history from Columbia University (1975).
After completing his studies, Mr. Doctorow pursued a business career focused on the USSR and Eastern Europe. For twenty-five years he worked for US and European multinationals in marketing and general management with regional responsibility.
From 1998-2002, Doctorow served as the Chairman of the Russian Booker Literary Prize in Moscow. Since 2008, Mr. Doctorow has been regularly publishing analytical articles about Russia-U.S.-EU relations on the internet. From this material he produced six books of essays, the most recent of which is the just published War Diaries. He also is the author of a two-volume set of Memoirs of a Russianist: From the Ground Up and Russia in the Roaring 1990s. A Russian edition of the Memoirs has been published in St Petersburg.
Doctorow is a long time resident of Belgium.
- Armenia-China Relations— Armenia's economic and diplomatic engagement with China, including Belt and Road connectivity interest and investment in Armenia's data and logistics sectors.
- Armenia-EU Relations— Armenia's partnership with the European Union, the CEPA trade agreement, the EU monitoring mission on the border, and prospects for closer integration.
- Armenia-Iran Relations— Armenia's ties with neighboring Iran, including trade, energy transit, and shared interest in blocking a Zangezur corridor under Azerbaijani control.
- Armenia-NATO Relations— Armenia's relationship with NATO, including military exercises, interoperability programs, and the debate over whether deeper ties are feasible or desirable.
- Armenia-US Relations— U.S.-Armenia relations, including USAID programs, defense cooperation talks, Armenian-American lobby efforts, and Washington's South Caucasus policy.