Doctoral Students
Arman Mahmoudian
Contact
Email: armanm@usf.edu
Bio
Arman Mahmoudian is a Ph.D. student in the School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies and also a Graduate Assistant in USF World Strategic and Diplomatic Studies. Arman earned his Master鈥檚 degree in International Relations and Global Security from Peoples鈥� Friendship University of Russia (Moscow). During his Master studies he collaborated with Russian Media and think tanks on the Middle East. Arman was a researcher in IRAS (IRANIAN and RUSSIAN Studies), and worked on some issues like 鈥淩ussia鈥檚 Role in the Middle East鈥� or the 鈥淐onsequences of Rise of Terrorism in the Middle East.鈥�
Arman earned his bachelor degree in Law from Islamic Azad University of Tehran. As a bachelor student, he wrote for Iranian reformist newspapers like 鈥淪hargh鈥� and 鈥淓temad鈥� and as a freelance journalist wrote for 鈥淜urdpress鈥�, 鈥淚ran Diplomacy鈥�, 鈥淗emayat鈥� and others.
His Master鈥檚 dissertation was on the 鈥淓thnic-religious Conflict in Iraq and Syria and its Impact on the Stability of the Middle East.鈥�
Arman is fluent in English, Russian and Persian.
Research
Middle East, Kurdish issue of the Middle East, Sunnis-Shiites conflict in the Middle East, terrorism, and Russia鈥檚 Role in the Middle East