Yeghia Tashjian

Yeghia Tashjian is the Issam Fares Institute Public Policy and International Affairs-American University of Beirut’s Regional and International Affairs Cluster Coordinator. He holds a master’s degree in Public Policy and International Affairs from the American University of Beirut and completed the "Strategic Leadership in Global Societal Security Program" at the Swedish Defense University in 2022. He earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from Haigazian University in 2013 and has worked in the university's Armenian Diaspora Research Center between 2016-2017. Yeghia's master’s thesis focused on China's geopolitical and energy security interests in Iran and the Persian Gulf. Currently, Tashjian is engaged in research on the phenomenon of Turkish-Russian 'co-opetition' in the MENA+ Caucasus region and Russia's involvement in the International North-South Transport Corridor. He contributes to various local and regional newspapers, has presented various topics from minority rights to regional security issues, and is a part-time instructor in the Department of Political Studies and Public Administration at the American University of Beirut.
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Watching TRIPP: China and the art of strategic patience

Introduction China’s position on the TRIPP (Trump’s Route for International Peace and Prosperity) has been cautious and low-profile, shaped less…

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Analysis

The recent developments around ‘TRIPP’: A leap, but at what cost?

Background On Jan. 13, 2026, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met in Washington,…

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Literary Corner

Book Review: Smart Nation 2.0

In “Smart Nation 2.0,” Sassoon Grigorian returns nearly a decade after the first edition of his influential policy blueprint to…

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U.S. policy in the South Caucasus: Keep Turkey in, Russia down and Iran out

Background On August 8, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed a…

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Tashjian's Take

How would the Israel-Iran war impact Armenia’s security?

Regional dimensions of the war  On June 13, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the launch of Operation Rising Lion,…

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The Kurdish issue in Syria and the future of Turkey’s role in the Levant

With the disintegration of the Syrian state after 2011, the Kurds in northeast Syria became key players in shaping the…

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Columns

A reflection on Armenia’s Foreign Intelligence Service annual report

On January 23, 2025, Armenpress published an annual report by the Foreign Intelligence Service (FIS) of Armenia, titled “Annual Report…

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Columns

The U.S.-Armenia Strategic Partnership Charter: What to expect next?

On January 14, 2025, as U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration breathed its last days, Armenia and the United States signed…

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Columns

Turkey’s ‘golden era’ in Central Asia and the future of the Organization of Turkic States

With the world’s focus on Russia and its war in Ukraine, China has been advancing its influence through the Belt…

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Columns

Will the fire of the Middle East expand to the South Caucasus?

The Middle East burns…  When on November 24, a U.S.-mediated ceasefire was brokered between Lebanon and Israel, many did not…

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