User:Aburakovsky

My name is Arik Burakovsky. I am currently a master’s student at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, specializing in International Information and Communication and International Security Studies. While I was born in Afula, Israel and have a Ukrainian Jewish heritage, I grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico. For my undergraduate studies at the University of California, San Diego, I majored in Political Science and International Relations and minored in Film Studies. Previously I worked to improve public regulation and health information exchange in New Mexico, focused on foreign affairs in the U.S. Senate, taught English in Omsk, Russia through the Fulbright Program, interned in the Public Affairs Section at the U.S. Embassy Moscow, and studied the Polish language and culture as a Boren Fellow at the University of Warsaw in Poland.

My interests include the political role of the international media, soft power, strategic communication, terrorism and counterterrorism, information warfare, postcommunist countries, and U.S.-Russia relations. After completing my graduate studies, I aspire to pursue a career in U.S. public diplomacy. In my spare time, I enjoy traveling, watching movies, ballroom dancing, and board games.