David Grigorian

David A. Grigorian, Ph.D., is a Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, a non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, D.C., and a 27-year veteran of the IMF and the World Bank.

Articles

World

Pashinyan’s tyranny threatens Armenia’s Church

In a move that is expected to widen the gap between the Armenian people and his disastrous leadership, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has recently launched a series of attacks at the Armenian church, an institution that most Armenians around the world associate themselves with and care deeply about. On Friday 30 May 2025, Pashinyan […]

Free Speech

Armenia’s ‘academic city’ is an authoritarian Trojan Horse

On a wintry afternoon in February 1988, two large human columns, both several hundred strong, merged at the intersection of Kirov Avenue and Teryan Street in downtown Yerevan, Soviet Armenia’s capital. Their march continued down the wide, winding Kirov Avenue, joining a larger demonstration already taking place in Opera Square.  I was one of those […]

Europe

How Trump can make sanctions work again

President Donald Trump addressed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin via social media last week, calling on him to settle now and stop the war in Ukraine or face increased sanctions. However, as the experience of his predecessor shows, this may be easier said than done. Can Trump deliver more effective sanctions than Joe Biden, and […]