Arsen Kharatyan is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief at AliQ Media, an independent non-profit bilingual media platform based in Tbilisi, Georgia. During the first 100 days of post-revolution Armenian government Kharatyan served as an advisor on foreign relations to the Prime Minister of Armenia. Prior to this Arsen Kharatyan worked with Voice of America’s Armenian service in Washington, D.C., as well as German Technical Cooperation (GIZ) Armenia. Kharatyan received his Master of Arts in Oriental Studies from Yerevan State University as well as studied at George Mason University’s School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

Kharatyan is one of the 7 founders of Armenia’s ruling Civil Contract political party. For the last two decades he has been part of different pro-democracy movements in Armenia, which played a crucial role in Armenia’s non violent Velvet revolution of 2018.