Mr. Armen Grigoryan is a political scientist based in Armenia. He completed a Masters diploma from the Central European University in 2006. His research interests include post-communist transition, EU relations with Eastern Partnership countries, transatlantic relations, energy security, and conflict transformation. He is the author of several book chapters, journal articles and policy papers. He also analyses investment-related political risks in Armenia for Exclusive Analysis Ltd. (London). Previously he did an internship at the European Parliament (2007), received two research grants from the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic (stayed at the University of Prešov in 2009 and at Matej Bel University in Banská Bystrica in 2013), was an Open Society Institute Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative visiting fellow (2010-2011), International Visegrad Fund research fellow (2011), Think Visegrad research fellow (2013), and peer reviewer for Global Integrity (2011).