Laura LeCornu

Laura LeCornu's dissertation focuses on the foreign policy of Azerbaijan, in terms of its strategic location between Russia, Iran and Turkey and its substantial oil and gas reserves.She examines the evolution of Azerbaijan's energy and security policy and identifies the key internal and external factors shaping the country's foreign policy orientation.She provides an analysis of the interaction between the political, commercial and security priorities of an important former Soviet state, and the competing strategic and economic interests of Russia, Turkey, Iran and the United States.

Laura LeCornu is currently Caspian Coordinator for Government & Public Affairs at ExxonMobil in Houston.Contact: laura.lecornu@exxonmobil.com.

McGheePh.D., UCLA, 1997"Organizational Culture in Private Higher Education: A Look at a New Private University in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan"

Laura LeCornu's dissertation focuses on the foreign policy of Azerbaijan, in terms of its strategic location between Russia, Iran and Turkey and its substantial oil and gas reserves.She examines the evolution of Azerbaijan's energy and security policy and identifies the key internal and external factors shaping the country's foreign policy orientation.She provides an analysis of the interaction between the political, commercial and security priorities of an important former Soviet state, and the competing strategic and economic interests of Russia, Turkey, Iran and the United States.

Laura LeCornu is currently Caspian Coordinator for Government & Public Affairs at ExxonMobil in Houston.Contact: laura.lecornu@exxonmobil.com.