Ohannes Geukjian: From the Caucasus to the Mediterranean—Conflict, State Failure, and Diaspora Politics

Ohannes Geukjian is a Lebanese-Arminian associate professor of comparative politics and conflict resolution. He received his BA and MA in international relations from AUB, and was awarded the PhD in peace studies from the University of Bradford in the United Kingdom in 2005. His research interests include Nationalism, ethnic conflict, peace building and Middle East politics. Currently, Dr. Geukjian is working on a book length manuscript on Russian Intervention in the Middle East that will be published by McGill University Press. Geukjian has published 7 books, among them State Failure in Lebanon: Causes and Implications, (2026); Ethnicity, Nationalism and Conflict in the South Caucasus: Nagorno-Karabakh and the Legacy of Soviet Nationalities Policy (2012); Negotiating Armenian-Azerbaijani Peace: Opportunities, Obstacles, Prospects (2014); and Lebanon after the Syrian Withdrawal: External Intervention, Power Sharing and Political Instability (2017). Also, he has published various articles in scholarly journals like Middle Eastern Studies, Middle East Journal, Nationalities Papers, and The Maghreb Review.