Yeghia Tashjian is the Regional and International Affairs Cluster Coordinator at the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs -American University of Beirut. His 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 and is a part-time instructor in International Affairs at the American University of Science and Technology.
