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ARMENIAN DIPLOMAT TEACHING POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASSES
States News Service
March 6, 2014 Thursday
AMHERST, Mass.
The following information was released by the University of
Massachusetts - Amherst:
Dr. Armen Baibourtian from the United Nations office in Armenia is
a visiting scholar and professor in Department of Political Science
for the Spring 2014 semester.
He is teaching two classes: "At the Crossroads: The Caucasus between
the East and the West" and "The Caucasian Knot: The US, the EU,
Russia, Iran, Turkey and Regional Perspective."
"My goals in the classroom are not only sharing with students knowledge
about the region of the Caucasus," he says, "but to also give them
a clue how to analyze international politics and define American
interest in that part of the world. I want them to grasp how things
work on the ground, not just in textbooks."
A career diplomat, Baibourtian has worked with each of the countries
his courses focus on. He also had the unique experience of serving in
a number of posts immediately after Armenia gained its independence
and petitioned to become a new member state in the UN.
He has served as Foreign Policy Advisor to the Speaker of Armenian
Parliament, Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York,
first Consul General of Armenia in Los Angeles, Armenian Ambassador
to India, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia and Chief Negotiator
with the European Union.
Baibourtian's holds two PhDs -in International Studies from Jawaharlal
Nehru University and in Modern World History from Yerevan State
University - has served as a visiting professor at the Center for
European Studies at Yerevan State University for many years and has
frequently lectured at universities across the US and in many of the
countries he represented as an advisor and diplomat.
"Teaching has kept me up-to-date with what the younger generations
think," he says. "It is always mutually enriching."
States News Service
March 6, 2014 Thursday
AMHERST, Mass.
The following information was released by the University of
Massachusetts - Amherst:
Dr. Armen Baibourtian from the United Nations office in Armenia is
a visiting scholar and professor in Department of Political Science
for the Spring 2014 semester.
He is teaching two classes: "At the Crossroads: The Caucasus between
the East and the West" and "The Caucasian Knot: The US, the EU,
Russia, Iran, Turkey and Regional Perspective."
"My goals in the classroom are not only sharing with students knowledge
about the region of the Caucasus," he says, "but to also give them
a clue how to analyze international politics and define American
interest in that part of the world. I want them to grasp how things
work on the ground, not just in textbooks."
A career diplomat, Baibourtian has worked with each of the countries
his courses focus on. He also had the unique experience of serving in
a number of posts immediately after Armenia gained its independence
and petitioned to become a new member state in the UN.
He has served as Foreign Policy Advisor to the Speaker of Armenian
Parliament, Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York,
first Consul General of Armenia in Los Angeles, Armenian Ambassador
to India, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia and Chief Negotiator
with the European Union.
Baibourtian's holds two PhDs -in International Studies from Jawaharlal
Nehru University and in Modern World History from Yerevan State
University - has served as a visiting professor at the Center for
European Studies at Yerevan State University for many years and has
frequently lectured at universities across the US and in many of the
countries he represented as an advisor and diplomat.
"Teaching has kept me up-to-date with what the younger generations
think," he says. "It is always mutually enriching."