Armenak Tokmajyan

Armenak Tokmajyan is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center. His research focuses on borders and conflict, Syrian refugees, and local intermediaries in Syria.  He holds a Master of Research Degree in Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research from the University of Tampere (Finland). Armenak’s most recent work includes “How Southern Syria Has Been Transformed to a Regional Powder Keg” (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, July 2020), “Syrian Refugees in Lebanon: Between Return and a Hard Place” (International Crisis Group report, February 2020), “Politics of Rural Notables” a book chapter in an edited book entitled Local Intermediaries in post-2011 Syria: Transformation and Continuity (Published by Friedrich-Ebert- Stiftung, Beirut, June 2019). “Hezbollah’s Intervention in Syria: Religious Obligation or Political Choice?” (Peer-reviewed Journal of Approaching Religion Vol. 4 (2), December 2014). “Militarization of the Syrian Revolution: Was this the Wrong Choice?” (Peer-reviewed Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research Vol. 7 (2), March 2015).  

Armenak is a Research Lead for XCEPT at the the Carnegie Middle East Center. He leads research for the X-Border Local Research Network on the Syrian borders.