Director, Caucasus Institute, Yerevan
Alexander Iskandaryan is a political analyst and Director of the Yerevan-based Caucasus Institute. His areas of study are ethnopolitical conflicts, post-Communist transformations and nation building in the former USSR in general and in the Caucasus in particular. Since the early 1990s, he has specialized on conflicts in the South and Northern Caucasus, elections in a transition setting, and the building of post-Soviet identities. He has also conducted and supervised research on migration, regional integration, media development and the formation of public discourses. Under his guidance, the Caucasus Institute conducts and publishes research, and organizes scientific conferences. Alexander also teaches Political Science and Caucasus Studies at the Caucasus Institute and other universities in Armenia.