Annie Jafalian is a Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Jean Moulin-Lyon III University. She is a geopolitical analyst, specialist of the Caucasus, with ten years of project management, field studies and information gathering in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Turkey, an experience she acquired while working as a Chargé d’Étude for the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, F.R.S. in Paris from 2001-2006. Ms. Jafalian holds a DEA graduate degree in International Security and Defense from the Jean-Moulin-Lyon III University in France, and a DESS graduate degree in European Geopolitical studies from the University of Marne-la-Vallée. She has directed, published or contributed to many publications and articles on important contemporary topics, such as oil in Caucasus, the Karabagh conflict, security policies for Armenia and Azerbaijan, and the strategic and military stakes facing Russia and the United States. Ms. Jafalian currently resides in Lyon, France.