 hrach gregorian hrach gregorian is president of the washington dc based research organization the institute of world affairs he is member of the graduate faculty school of peace and conflict management royal roads university adjunct professor and research fellow centre for military and strategic studies university of calgary adjunct professorial lecturer school of international service american university senior research fellow centre for global studies university of victoria and senior fellow canadian defense and foreign affairs institute for over three decades gregorian has been active in deep cultural and risk analysis in fragile states with field experience in africa the middle east the balkans central and east asia he earned his ma and phd degrees at brandeis university and ba at boston university dr gregorian served as one of the founding directors of the united states institute of peace he developed the institute s first professional training program in conflict analysis and negotiation the course was offered to senior members of the us state department usia voice of america and usaid he is also one of the cofounders of the alliance for peacebuilding the largest usbased membership organization of institutions and professionals in the field of peace and conflict management dr gregorian s work on stability and peace operations in fragile states has taken him to twenty five plus countries his recent publications have focused on interagency coordination in peace operations capacitybuilding in fragile states and energy and conflict he is the recipient of american university s capital area peacemaker award and a boston university distinguished alumni award he sits on various boards  hrach gregorian  