Political scientist and senior research fellow with the Institute for Security Analysis and a Teaching Fellow with the University College London. Dr. Abrahamyan earned his doctoral degree from the University of Leicester in 2022. He previously (2019-2021) served as a foreign policy advisor to former Armenian President Armen Sarkissian. Dr. Abrahamyan is also a regular contributor to IHS Markit, The Jamestown Foundation, The National Interest, Foreign Policy Research Institute and the Central Asia–Caucasus Institute.