Diasporan Armenian Richard Giragosian now in Armenia!

Richard Giragosian is a Washington-based analyst specializing in international relations, with a focus on economics, security and political developments in the former Soviet Union, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. He is a regular contributor to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) publications, Transitions Online, and the Asia Times Online. He also covers politics, economics and security in the South Caucasus and the Japanese military for the London-based Jane's Information Group. Since 2002, Giragosian has served as a guest lecturer for the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center & School, U.S. Army, 3rd Battalion, 1st Special Warfare Training Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, NC. For nine years, Giragosian served as a Professional Staff Member of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress. As the committee's principal staffer on the former Soviet Union and China, Giragosian was a liaison to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and the Library of Congress, conducting Congressional hearings and issuing joint reports on international relations for Members of Congress. Giragosian has also written and lectured on developments in international affairs and has participated in select research and consulting projects for the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as for NATO, the United Nations, the World Bank, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the U.S. Department of State, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). He is a member of the Academy of Political Science, the Central Eurasian Studies Association (CESS), the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN), the U.S. Naval Institute and the U.S. Naval War College Foundation. He has a BA in International relations from Providence, Rhode Island.

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YouTube | May 11, 2008

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