David Davidian

David Davidian joined AUA in 2015. He received a BS degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and worked at the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Plant as a Reactor Engineer. He went on to graduate studies at the University of Massachusetts for Systems Engineering and Control Systems. He worked for eleven years at NEC Electronics initially as a Diagnostics Programmer, later in HW and SW design, Technical Marketing, and eventually Engineering Manager. David Davidian subsequently worked for the Armenian Minister of Communications in 1992 and proposed an information infrastructure program for Armenia. Two years later, he introduced the same for Artsakh. He spent eleven years at Sun Microsystems as a Field Applications Engineer, then as a Principle Engineer in Technical Intelligence Analysis.  From 2006 to 2011, he worked at IBM Federal as a Technical Intelligence Analyst and as IBM Federal's Systems Architect for the US Air Force. Mr. Davidian spent two years as a Systems Architect at Oracle Corporation before he and his family moved to Armenia in 2014. He has US Patents in his name: Feed Forward Neural Network, Integer Divide Using Shift and Subtract, and Memory with Phase Locked Loop Input.

Higher Education

BS in Nuclear Engineering

University of Massachusetts

Courses Taught:

• How Things Work
• The Scientific Method and Critical Thinking
• Computer Organization
• Network Programming
• Technology Marketing

Publications:

1. The 2020 Karabakh War and 2023 Ethnic Cleansing of Armenians as a Proxy Operation
2. [Armenian translation of The 2020 Karabakh War and 2023 Ethnic Cleansing of Armenians as a Proxy Operation]: 2020 թվականի Ղարաբաղյան Պատերազմը և Միջնորդված 2023 Թվականի Հայերի Էթնիկական Զտումը. Հայաստան, Shadow Diplomat · Apr 8, 2024
3. Precedents for Europe on Azerbaijan’s Conquest of Nagorno-Karabakh
4. [Armenian translation of Precedents for Europe on Azerbaijan’s Conquest of Nagorno-Karabakh]: Ադրբեջանի կողմից Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի գրավման շուրջ ձևավորված նախադեպերը Եվրոպայի տեսանկյունից. Հայաստան, World Geostrategic Insights, December, 2023
5. A Game of Go in the Caucasus: Armenia, Word Geostrategic Insights, October 11, 2023
6. [Armenian translation of A Game of Go in the Caucasus: Armenia]: Չինական Գո խաղը հիշեցնող քաղաքական խաղերը Կովկասում. Հայաստան, World Geostrategic Insights, October 16, 2023
7. Armenians, the Past is Indeed Prologue, ShadowDiplomat, May 14, 2023
8. Armenia’s and Azerbaijan's Infantile and Nonexistent Diplomacies, World Geostrategic Insights · Apr 8, 2023
9. Bacterial Attack on Azerbaijani Oil – a fictitious scenario, World Geopolitical Insights · Mar 4, 2023
10. A Double-Cross on the Caucasus Front – a fictitious, World Geostrategic Insights · Feb 10, 2023
11. Hope for the Best, [No] Plan for the Worst, World Geostrategic Insights · Jan 11, 2023
12. When State Interests Trump Antisemitism  Times of Israel · Dec 23, 2022
13. Is Iran Armenia's Only Ally? World Geostrategic Insights · Nov 1, 2022
14. Diplomacy, Socrates, and the Schoolyard, World Geostrategic Insight · Sep 20, 2022
15. The Third Aftershock and Nuclear Iran – a fictional scenario, World Geostrategic Insights · Aug 6, 2022
16. Armenians – A Century of Collateral Damage, World Geostrategic Insights · Jul 23, 2022
17. T.E. Lawrence and his Armenian Prophecy, World Geostrategic Insights · Jul 5, 2022
18. Armenia’s Samson Option – a fictitious scenario, World Geostrategic Insights · May 16, 2022
19. Be Careful of the Way You Say It in Iran – a fictional scenario, World Geostrategic Insights · Apr 19, 2022
20. The Mysterious Cancellation – Azerbaijan’s Mammad Amin Rasulzade DocumentaryWorld Geostrategic Insights · Mar 14, 2022
21. Does Armenia Need an Army? World Geostrategic Insights · Mar 5, 2022
22. Armenia’s Lost Nuclear Fuel - a fictional scenario, World Geostrategic Insights · Feb 14, 2022
23. The Integrators,  World Geostrategic Insights · Feb 1, 2022Why "Operation Baku" Failed, World Geostrategic Insights · Dec 26, 2021
24. National Values and Transactional State Security , World Geostrategic Insights · Dec 2, 2021
25. Now, an Azerbaijani-Iranian Conflict? World Geostrategic Insights · Oct 5, 2021
26. Armenia’s Limited Diplomatic Options, World Geostrategic Insights · Sep 8, 2021
27. Azerbaijan’s Limited Diplomatic Options, World Geostrategic Insights · Sep 8, 2021
28. Armenia's Reaction to Losing the Second Karabakh War Exposes What to Whom?World Geostrategic Insights · Aug 3, 2021
29. Armenia's Lost Mandate, World Geostrategic Insights · Jul 28, 2021
30. Armenia in its Own Image: Upcoming Elections Won't Help, World Geostrategic Insights · May 19, 2021
31. Armenia's "Vilayet" Policy, World Geostrategic Insights · Apr 30, 2021
32. What of Armenia? World Geostrategic Insights · Mar 10, 2021
33. Manchurian Candidates: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, World Geostrategic Insights · Jan 12, 2021
34. Israel's Contribution to the Destruction of Armenian Nagorno-Karabakh, World Geostrategic Insights · Nov 3, 2020
35. Republic of Georgia's Concessions to the Azerbaijani War Effort Against Armenians, World Geostrategic Insights · Oct 15, 2020
36. The Exploitation of Turkish Nationalism in the Armenian-Azerbaijani War, World Geostrategic Insights · Oct 11, 2020
37. Azerbaijani-Iranian Relations Continue to Warm, World Geostrategic Insights · Sep 16, 2020
38. Has Azerbaijan Become a Liability to Israel?  World Geostrategic Insights · Sep 7, 2020
39. Flareup Opportunism and July’s Armenian-Azerbaijani Flareup , Modern Diplomacy · Sep 4, 2020
40. Proportionally Bias and July's Armenian-Azerbaijani Flareup, World Geostrategic Insights · Aug 23, 2020
41. Strange Bedfellow Sleeping with Azerbaijan, Times of Israel · Jul 27, 2020
42. Flare-up between Armenia and Azerbaijan; as the fog of war lifts, Intrepid Report · Jul 24, 2020
43. West Bank Annexation; Lesson for Armenia, Times of Israel · Jul 5, 2020
44. Neo-Ottomanism in anti-Armenian Riots in Lebanon, Times of Israel · Jun 14, 2020Armenia’s Existential Threats and Strategic Issues, Geopolitical Handbook/Modern Diplomacy · Jun 2, 2020
45. Defeat of Azerbaijan Began in Khojaly, Nagorno-Karabakh, Modern Diplomacy · Feb 26, 2020
46. US Secretary of State Changes the Rules; The West Bank and Nagorno-Karabakh, The Times of Israel · Nov 19, 2019
47. The Turkish Invasion of Northern Syria, Times of Israel · Oct 27, 2019
48. Trump’s Golan Heights Declaration: The Message to Azerbaijan , Modern Diplomacy · Mar 25, 2019
49. Azerbaijan’s Folly in Tehran, February 9, 2019, Modern Diplomacy
50. Trump’s Golan Heights Declaration: The Message to Azerbaijan, March 25, 2019, Modern Diplomacy
51. The Israeli Knesset, the Yezidi Genocide, and Machiavelli, December 2, 2018, The Times of Israel
52. The Curious Treaty of Kars, September 11, 2018, Modern Diplomacy
53. Oligarchies and Strategic Danger to Small-State Security, May 18, 2018, EVN Report
54. A Convenient Recognition of Genocide, May 17, 2018, The Times of Israel
55. Threatening to Recognize a Genocide, April 2, 2018, Times of Israel
56. Was Armenia’s UN Jerusalem Vote Wasted? January 13, 2018, Modern Diplomacy
57. Returns on Diplomatic Investment: Zionist Policies and the Armenians, January 4, 2018, Modern Diplomacy
    Why Azerbaijan is Unable to Offer Viable Solutions to the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict , October 16, 2017, Modern Diplomacy
58. eBook: The Coming Cyber Storm- Examining the Russia-US-China Hacking Nexus (Chapter 4), September 19, 2017, Modern Diplomacy eBook 02
59. The Republic of Turkey, the 2017 G20 Summit, and the “Calculation”, July 10, 2017, Times of Israel
60. The Price of Opportunism: Georgia’s Saakashvilli and the Lessons of History, July 4, 2017, Modern Diplomacy
61. The Challenge of the Indigenous Arms Industry: The Ascendant and Dependent Classes, March 23, 2017, Modern Diplomacy
62. Геноциды, которых никогда не было: Дженин – Западный Берег и Ходжалы — Нагорный Карабах, (Russian translation of Jenin/Khojaly article), March 13, 2017, Arevelk Analytic Center
63. Genocides that Never Were: Jenin, West Bank, and Khojaly, Nagorno-Karabakh, March 6, 2017, The Times of Israel
64. The Programmable Diplomatic Kill Switch, publication date January 22, 2017, Modern Diplomacy
65. Политика Израиля по Голанским высотам и будущее Нагорного Карабаха (Russian translation of Golan Heights/Nagorno-Karabakh article), December 21, 2016, Arevelk Analytic Center
66. Сила и возможности: Турецкие стратегические притязания от Северной Сирии до иракского Курдистана (Russian translation of Turkish Stratigic Positioning article), December 21, 2016, Arevenk Analytic Center
67. Power and Opportunity: Turkish Strategic Positioning from Northern Syria through Iraqi Kurdistan, November 29, 2016, International Affairs Forum
68. President-elect and a safer south Caucasus? November 16, 2016, Transconflict
69. European Union's No-Sum Game on Nagorno-Karabakh, November 1, 2016, International Affairs Forum
70. Denial and its Unfortunate Diversity, October 23, 2016, Times of Israel
71. Armenia's new government and policy analysis, October 18, 2016, Transconflict
72. Land for Peace – Why Would it Ever Work?, August 15, 2016, Times of Israel
73. Events in Armenia, July 2016 – fortuitous or planned conflict management?, August 11, 2016, Transconflict
74. The Deadly Cost of Silence on Genocide,, May 23, 2016, Times of Israel
75. Nagorno-Karabakh and the fate of Azerbaijan's hydrocarbon transport pipelines, May 12, 2016, Transconflict
76. Nagorno-Karabakh and negotiation insanity, April 26, 2016, Transconflict
77. [Russian Translation of] European Union's No-Sum Game on Nagorno-Karabakh, November 21, 2016, Arevelk Analytic Center
78. Situational Awareness in UAV Infrastructures, September 2015, Acedemia.edu
79. [Armenian translation of Situational Awareness in UAV Infrastructures]: Անօդաչու Թռչող Սարքերից ստացված տվյալների մշակման խնդիրները, September 2015, Acedemia.edu

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