Ruben Harutunian

Ruben Harutunian

Ruben was born in Yerevan, and his family moved to the United States in 1991. He studied at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., at Columbia University in New York City, and at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C. He holds a Master Degree in Conflict Management and International Economics from SAIS.

An Armenian-American Diplomat in Yerevan

An Armenian-American Diplomat in Yerevan

How does one navigate identities? Serving as the Deputy Chief of the Political/Economic Section at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan, Ruben Harutunian writes that it was a unique opportunity to return to his hometown to support the effort of building ever-stronger ties between the United States and Armenia.