Dr. Ruben SAFRASTYAN 

PhD. in History, National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Armenia

Adjunct Lecturer, American University of Armenia

Director of Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Armenia

Ex.Deputy Director, Department of Political Analysis, Administration of the President of Armenia

Vice President- Leadership Council of Think Tanks (LCTT) Visiting Faculty and Senior Fellow-EIPRHR

 

Ruben Safrastyan is a professor, director of the Institute of Oriental Studies, full member of the Armenian National Academy of Sciences, and professor of history and Turkish studies at the Yerevan State University. He has also served as a counsellor of the Armenian Embassy in Germany.[1] In recent years he has received various fellowships, including Humboldt (Germany), Fulbright (USA), and International Policy (Hungary) fellowships and conducted researches at the universities of Bochum, Berkeley, and Budapest. His publications include 12 authorized and edited books and 130 articles and papers.[2] He specializes in Turkish, Ottoman, Genocide, Middle Eastern and Regional Studies.Safrastyan is also the founding editor of the academic periodicals The Turkic and Ottoman Studies (since 2002) and Contemporary Eurasia (since 2012),[3] as well as editor of the academic yearbook Peoples and Countries of the Near and Middle East (Yerevan, Armenia).

 

Safrastyan's honorary international activities include membership on the International Board of World Security Network Foundation, N.Y. (USA). He is also Senior Fellow at New Westminster College, Vancouver (Canada), and Senior Analyst at Wikistrat Inc, Washington, D.C. (USA).[4] Safrastyan is a Member of Public Council of Armenia and Chairman of the Commission of Religion, Diaspora, and International Integration. For his professional achievements, Safrastyan was decorated by several medals and other awards, most notably the Movses Khorenatsi medal, Armenia's highest cultural award.

CONTACT

Email 

202.797.6105 — Office of Communications

TOPICS

Federal Fiscal Policy

PROGRAMS

Economic Studies

CENTERS

Center for Health Policy

The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy

PROJECTS

Budgeting for National Priorities

Opportunity 08: Independent Ideas for Our Next President

ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE AREAS

Budget policy and politics

 

CURRENT POSITIONS

Member, Visiting Committee, Harvard Medical and Dental Schools

 

PAST POSITIONS

Chairman of the Board of Directors, National Academy of Social Insurance