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Hamid Bahrami
Hamid Bahrami is an Iranian independent international relations analyst specialising in Eurasian and Middle Eastern affairs. He holds an MA (Hons) in International Relations and Politics from the University of Dundee and an MRes in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies from the University of Glasgow, where his research examined Russia’s policies in the South Caucasus. Since 2018, he has published analysis and commentary in leading international outlets on topics including South Caucasus geopolitics, regional conflicts, Iran’s nuclear programme, and counter-terrorism.
Harut Sassounian
Harut Sassounian, who is the Chairman of the board of trustees of HyelD. He’s also the publisher of The California Courier newspaper, and the president of the Armenia Artsakh Fund, a non-profit organization which has delivered over one $1.06 Billion in humanitarian assistance to Armenia and Artsakh since 1989.
Hayk Mamijanyan
Hayk Mamijanyan is the leader of the oppositional Pativ Unem (With Honor) alliance in the Armenian National Assembly, and a member of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA). He’s also a member of the parliamentary group representing Armenia at the PACE, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Heghnar Watenpaugh
Prof. Heghnar Watenpaugh teaches Art and Architecture at the University of California, Davis, and is a board member of Save Armenian Monuments
Hovhannes Ishkhanyan
Hovhannes Ishkhanyan, writer, documentary filmmaker, publicist, co-founder of Eye for an Eye (Akn Und Akan), a community of documentarians. Hovhannes has a Master’s in journalism from the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs.
Hrant Mikaelian
Hrant Mikaelian, a political scientist and multidisciplinary researcher in social sciences based in Yerevan. He is also a senior researcher at the Caucasus Institute. Hrant is a co-founder of the Armenian Project.
Isabel Bayrakdarian
Isabel Bayrakdarian who is a mother, singer, teacher, poet, artist, storyteller, collaborator, believer… Not your average prima donna!
Ivan Katchanovski
Ivan Katchanovski is a Ukrainian and Canadian political scientist and professor at the University of Ottawa in Canada. He held academic positions at Harvard University, the State University of New York at Potsdam, the University of Toronto, and the Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. His academic publications include 5 books, 21 articles in peer-reviewed journals, and 13 book chapters. His publications, interviews, and comments appeared in more than 3,500 media reports in over 80 countries.
James W. Carden
James W. Carden is a columnist and former adviser to the US-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission at the U.S. Department of State. His articles have appeared in a wide variety of publications including The Nation, The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, The National Interest, The Los Angeles Times, and more.