Author name: Tigrane Yégavian
Tigrane Yégavian is a graduate of the Institut d'études politiques de Paris and the Institut des langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO), holds a Master's degree in comparative politics with a specialization in the Muslim world, and is a doctoral candidate in contemporary history. An Arabist, he has spent a long time in Syria, Lebanon and Turkey. His career has led him to specialize in Eastern Christians and their diasporas. He is also a specialist in Portuguese and contemporary Portugal, on which he has written numerous articles. He is a member of the editorial board of the geopolitical journal >Conflits.</i> He is a contributor to the Revue des Deux Mondes, >Etudes,</i> Carto, Moyen-Orient, Politique Internationale, Le Monde Diplomatique, Sciences Humaines, France-Arménie and regularly appears on Télé Sud,RFI and TV5 Monde.

