Ambassador James Warlick addresses a gathering of Armenian community leaders in 2014 in Glendale, organized by the ANCA-WR
BY ARA KHACHATOURIAN
After three years on the job as the United States’ top negotiator on the Nagoro-Karabakh peace talks, Ambassador James Warlick announced Monday that he will leave his post to take a job with a Russian law firm.
He made the announcement on Twitter, a social media tool he has used—excessively—throughout his tenure at the US Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, often expressing views that angered the sides to the conflict, but mainly Armenia and Artsakh.
The most surprising aspect of Warlick’s announcement was that he is leaving his post to take on a job at the Russian law firm of Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners which has offices in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, the UK and the US, positions him to advocate Russian interests in the US and creating a murky reality given his decades of service in the State Department. In announcing his appointment, the law firm highlighted Warlick’s service in the State Department, saying that “he brings unique policy expertise and hands on knowledge to clients who seek strategic advice and vision.â€
