Gregory Djerejian

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Gregory Djerejian is an Armenian-American, the eldest child of former US diplomat Edward Djerejian. He is the creator of the weblog Belgravia Dispatch, which focuses on foreign policy and issues pertaining to global terrorism. Early in his blogging career Djerejian was a staunch supporter of the decision to send American troops to Iraq. Djerejian has been critical of the Bush Administration on torture issues pertaining to the global war on terror.

Djerejian is a senior vice-president and general counsel of a financial services company that specializes in commercial real estate projects, hotel and resort developments, alternative investments, and company acquisitions. Djerejian also helps manage a philanthropic organization which has supported a number of projects in the Republic of Armenia including a loan program for small and medium sized enterprises undertaken in conjunction with the Washington DC based Eurasia Foundation. Djerejian is currently based in New York City.

Prior to this position, Djerejian worked as a corporate lawyer, also in New York City. Before this, Djerejian worked, in conjunction with the United States State Department, on the "train and equip" program for the Bosnian Federation military and with the International Rescue Committee in the former Yugoslavia from 1994-1996. Previously, Djerejian had worked at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and the U.S. Congress.

Djerejian has some expertise in regional issues (Caucasus, Former Soviet Union, Balkans, Western Europe, Middle East), as well as international law, media and public opinion, and international organizations (particularly NGOs).

Djerejian is fluent in French, and conversant in Spanish and Russian. He was admitted as a term member to the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a member of the New York State Bar; he also serves as a director of a global macro hedge fund based in New York, as well as a non-profit credit company disbursing development loans to SMEs in the Caucasus. He attended secondary school at Phillips Academy and subsequently received a B.S.F.S. from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in 1994 where he majored in European History and Diplomacy. He later received a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1999, attending law school at night while working in various foreign policy positions during the day.

At the time of the creation of The Belgravia Dispatch, Djerejian lived in the Belgravia neighborhood in London; home to many of the city's embassies, it inspired the name of his weblog.