sentences:  On October 6, 2016, "The Accountant", the "International Accounting Bulletin", and "Timetric" granted Kazarian the special editors' award of global accountancy magazines for his contribution to strengthening democracy through government financial management.Kazarian has guest-lectured and spoken on the topics of business and philanthropy in settings ranging from the Harvard Business School, London Business School, Columbia Business School, and Dartmouth's Tuck Business School, to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and the National School of Development at Peking University.Although Kazarian has not disclosed his own political affiliations, he has publicly commented on numerous issues.