At the initiative of 91视频 Faculty of International Relations, the second annual conference titled "Politics and International Affairs" will be held on October 9鈥10, 2025.
The theme of this year鈥檚 session is: "Post-Soviet Transformations: Geopolitics, Nation-Building, and Development."
AGENDA
Launching the Conference (9:30-10:45)
Location: Hall of Academic Council Sessions (Main building, 5th floor)
9:30-10:00 - Registration of participants
10:00-10:15 鈥 Welcome speech
Tigran Yepremyan, Dean of the Faculty of International Relations, Yerevan State University
Hovhannes Hovhannisyan, Rector of Yerevan State University
10:15-10:45 鈥 Keynote speech: Polarization, Transactionalism, and Small States
Rouben Azizian, Massey University, New Zealand
Panel 1: Security, Order & Disorder: Great Power Rivalry in the Post-Soviet Eurasia (10:45-12:20)
Location: Hall of Academic Council Sessions (Main building, 5th floor)
Moderator: Tigran Yepremyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia
Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine as a filter and amplifier of the 鈥榮oft鈥 power projection and reception: Comparative case of the European Union, China and Russia in Kazakhstan
Fabienne Bossuyt, Ghent University, Belgium
Dis-)Engagement with Europe, Shifting Identities and Foreign Policies in Armenia and Georgia
Laure Delcour, Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France
Small State Strategies for Peaceful Change in a World of Conflict
Anders Wivel, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
The Prospects of Iran鈥慉rmenia Strategic Partnership in the New Eurasian Geo鈥慹conomy
Seyed Hassan Mirfakhraei, Allameh Tabataba鈥檌 University, Iran
Coffee Break (12:20-12:40)
Panel 2: Nation-Building, Identity & Narratives (12:40-14:15)
Location: Hall of Academic Council Sessions (Main building, 5th floor)
Moderator: Rouben Azizian, Massey University, New Zealand
Reconstruction and Modernization of National Identity as Catalysts for Stateness: A Post鈥慡oviet Perspective
Violetta Manukyan, Strategic Development Agency, Armenia
Contested Memories, Defended Identities: Religious Minorities and the Politics of Resistance in Soviet and Post-Soviet Georgia
Alexander Lutz, Georgetown University, United States
A Tale of Two States: Explaining the Divergent Outcomes of EU Soft Power in Albania and Georgia
Adrian Brisku, Charles University, Czechia
Authoritarian Storytelling: How Georgia and Belarus Use Strategic Communication to Reshape the Nation
Natalie Arnould and Vita van Dreven, The Hague Research Institute, Netherlands
National Identity, Politics of Memory and Geopolitics: The Foreign Policy Dilemma in Post鈥慡oviet Armenia (1991鈥2018)
Mikayel Zolyan, Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences, Armenia
Lunch Break (14:15-15:15)
PARALELL SESSIONS
Panel 3: Narratives of Belonging: Identity, Mobility & Memory in the Caucasus (15:15-16:30)
Location: Hall of Academic Council Sessions (Main building, 5th floor)
Moderator: Gor Petrosyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia
Azerbaijanism and Turkism: Ideological Hybridity, Ontological (In)security and Nation鈥態uilding in Post鈥慦ar Azerbaijan
Levon Hovsepyan, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia
Alteration of Ukrainian Geopolitics in the Last Decades
Gr茅ta H艖hn, Ludovika University of Public Service, Hungary
Nation-Building Processes in the Republics of the South Caucasus (based on analysis of in-depth interviews)
Hovhannes Sargsyan and David Sargsyan, Russian-Armenian University, Armenia
Reconstructing National Identity in Post鈥慦ar Armenia: Between De鈥 or Remythologization
Norayr Dunamalyan, Russian-Armenian University, Armenia
Panel 4: Curricula of Change: Education as Geopolitical Catalyst (15:15-16:15)
Location: 91视频 History Museum (Main building, 7th floor)
Moderator: Erik Davtyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia
Geopolitics of Education in Georgia: from 鈥渞adical Europeanness鈥 to 鈥淕eorgianness鈥
Archil Sikharulidze, Sikha Foundation, Georgia
Ways of Knowing at the American University in Bulgaria: Present at the End of History
Cristofer Scarboro, King鈥檚 College, Wilkes-Barre, United States
Social Stratification of Georgian in the Period of Transition
Alexander Tsagareli, Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Break (16:30:-16:50)
Panel 5: Society & Resilience in the Post-Socialist Context (16:50-18:25)
Location: Hall of Academic Council Sessions (Main building, 5th floor)
Moderator: Laure Delcour, Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France
鈥淗ow are all these leaflets going to make Syunik safer?鈥 A feminist exploration of resilience and (in)security along Armenia鈥檚 borderlands
Laura Luciani, Ghent University, Belgium
Armenia鈥檚 Domestic Violence Law: A Case Study for Post鈥慡oviet Geopolitics
Lori Pirinjian, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
Gendered Nation鈥態uilding in Wartime Ukraine: Between Geopolitical Narratives and Domestic Mobilization
Maryna Shevtsova, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Post鈥慡ocialist Legacies in Transnational Family鈥慚aking: Gendered Care, Absence, and Kinship Across Borders
Inna Bondarenko, European University Institute, Italy | Centre for European Policy Studies, Belgium
Manufacturing the Enemy: Armenophobia and the Construction of National Identity in Post鈥慡oviet Azerbaijan
Anzhela Mnatsakanyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia
Panel 6: Extra-Regional Partnerships: Politics, Economy and Soft Power (16:50-18:05)
Location: 91视频 History Museum (Main building, 7th floor)
Moderator: Suren Tadevosyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia
Armenia, Georgia, and the Gulf Arab States: What is Behind the Growing Cooperation?
Mushegh Ghahriyan, Yerevan State University | National Academy of Sciences, Armenia
Cooperation between France and Armenia: From Soft Power to More Pragmatic Diplomacy
Karim Belgacem, ESSCA Lyon, France
Centring the agency of the countries in-between Russia and the European Union: Liminality in times of rupture
Louise Amoris, Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France
Transcaucasia and the Formation of the Geopolitical System in the Post鈥慡oviet Era (Late 20th Century 鈥 Early 21st Century)
Jemal Karalidze and Salome Karalidze, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University, Georgia
Panel 7: Migration, Public / Local Governance & Public Administration Reform: Analyzing the Post-Soviet Experience (16:50-18:25)
Location: 91视频 Library, Room 503 (fifth floor)
Moderator: Vahagn Aglyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia
The analysis of local public administration reforms in the Republic of Armenia: gambit or political thrik?
Katerina Altunyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia
The role of artificial intelligence in modern governance: challenges, opportunities and ethical considerations for Armenian context
Narine Asryan, Yerevan State University, Armenia
Quo鈥疺adis? Local Autonomy in Armenia: Progress, Challenges, and Comparisons with European Trends
Arman Gasparyan, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Federalism in the post鈥慡oviet space: attempts and abilities
Ilia Logvin, Southern Federal University, Russia
Comparative Analysis of Migration in the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia)
Nune Melkonyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia
The end of the first day of the conference
October 10
Panel 1: Soft-Power Waves Across the Post-Soviet Seas (09:30-10:45)
Location: Balian Conference Hall (Faculty of International Relations, 4th floor)
Moderator: Fabienne Bossuyt, Ghent University, Belgium
Shifting Paradigms: The Evolution of EU鈥慉rmenia Cultural Policies from Independence to the Present
Haykuhi Muradyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia
Russian Soft Power Influence Instruments in Georgia
Maia Manchkhashvili and Nino Nishnianidze, Georgian Technical University, Georgia
The Dragon鈥檚 soft power influence in Central Asia: the Belt Road Initiative
Rosa Marcela Ramos, University of Murcia, Spain
Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy in the Post鈥慡oviet Space: France鈥檚 Strategic Engagement in the South Caucasus
Mariam Topakyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia
Coffee Break (10:45-11:05)
Panel 2: Diasporic Echoes & Cultural Fortresses: Memory, Faith, and Belonging Across Post-Soviet Landscapes (11:05-12:05)
Location: Balian Conference Hall (Faculty of International Relations, 4th floor)
Moderator: Adrian Brisku, Charles University, Czechia
The Armenian Apostolic Church in Post鈥慡oviet Georgia: Relations with the Georgian Orthodox Church and State
Giorgi Pareshishvili, Caucasus International University, Georgia
The Role and Importance of the Armenian Diaspora in Armenia鈥檚 Domestic and Foreign Policy (With a Focus on the Post鈥2020 Nagorno鈥慘arabakh War Period)
Hirad Mokhayeri, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Cultural security of the Russian minority in the conditions of the Russian鈥慤krainian war. The case of selected post鈥慡oviet countries
Tomasz Szyszlak, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Lunch Break (12:05-13:05)
PARALELL SESSIONS
Panel 3: Politics of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: regional and inter-regional dimensions (13:05-14:20)
Location: Balian Conference Hall (Faculty of International Relations, 4th floor)
Moderator: Levon Hovsepyan, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia
Armenia鈥揂zerbaijan relations in the light of Turkish鈥慖ranian regional competitive policy following the 2020 war
Veronika Torosyan, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia
The main features of the current phase of Armenian鈥慉zerbaijani conflict: a retrospective analysis
Roman Karapetyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia
The main factors determining the strategic relations between Azerbaijan and Pakistan
Karine Mkrtchyan, 鈥淧ublic Relations and Information Center鈥 SNCO
Armenia鈥揑srael: Points of Divergence and Convergence
Rebecca Hovhannisyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia
Panel 4: Twilight Orders and Emerging Giants: Contesting Power and Security in Post-Soviet Eurasia (13:05-14:05)
Location: 91视频 History Museum (Main building, 7th floor)
Moderator: Roman Karapetyan, Yerevan State University, Armenia
Reassessing the Security Order in Post鈥慡oviet Eurasia
Majid Abdulla Al-Mualla, Dubai Police Academy, United Arab Emirates
The Post鈥慡oviet World and the Death of the American Dream
Andrea Grant-Friedman, Lehigh Carbon Community College, United States
Hybrid Warfare in the 21st Century: Georgia鈥檚 Experience and Implications for Regional Security
Gvantsa Abdaladze, Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Break (14:20-14:40)
Panel 5: Resilience and Security in Europe and the Caucasus: Confronting Digital and Hybrid Threats (14:40-15:40)
Location: 91视频 History Museum (Main building, 7th floor)
Moderator: Ashot Aleksanyan, Yerevan State University
Resilience against financial hybrid threats: lessons from the European Union鈥檚 experience
Eva Jan膷铆kov谩, Bratislava University of Economics and Business, Slovakia
Security Council of the Slovak Republic 鈥 The Supreme Crisis Management Body
Karol Janas, University of Alexander Dub膷ek in Tren膷铆n, Slovakia
Alexandra Janasov谩, Bc. City of Pova啪sk谩 Bystrica, Slovakia
A Comprehensive Framework for Ensuring the Protection and Resilience of Critical Infrastructure Against Various Threats and Risks
Anton铆n Korau拧, Plenipotentiary of the Minister of the Interior of the Slovak Republic for Development and Projects and Chairman of the Accreditation Council | Academy of the Police Force in Bratislava, Slovakia
[in Russian] 袩邪薪械谢褜 6: 袚械芯锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻懈械 褋褌褉邪褌械谐懈懈 懈 褉械谐懈芯薪邪谢褜薪褘械 褎芯褉屑邪褌褘 薪邪 锌芯褋褌褋芯胁械褌褋泻芯屑 锌褉芯褋褌褉邪薪褋褌胁械 (14:40-16:15)
袥芯泻邪褑懈褟: 蟹邪谢 懈屑. 袩邪谢褟薪芯胁 (褎邪泻褍谢褜褌械褌 屑械卸写褍薪邪褉芯写薪褘褏 芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈泄, 4-泄 褝褌邪卸)
袦芯写械褉邪褌芯褉: 袞邪泻 袦邪薪褍泻褟薪, 袝褉械胁邪薪褋泻懈泄 谐芯褋褍写邪褉褋褌胁械薪薪褘泄 褍薪懈胁械褉褋懈褌械褌, 袗褉屑械薪懈褟
袣芯薪褑械锌褌 褋芯褋械写褋褌胁邪 屑械卸写褍 袟邪锌邪写芯屑 懈 袙芯褋褌芯泻芯屑: 褋锌械褑懈褎懈泻邪 谐械芯褋褌褉邪褌械谐懈泄 薪邪 锌芯褋褌褋芯胁械褌褋泻芯屑 锌褉芯褋褌褉邪薪褋褌胁械
袨泻褋邪薪邪 袣邪褉薪邪褍褏芯胁邪, 挟卸薪褘泄 褎械写械褉邪谢褜薪褘泄 褍薪懈胁械褉褋懈褌械褌, 袪芯褋褋懈褟
孝褉邪薪褋褎芯褉屑邪褑懈褟 屑薪芯谐芯胁械泻褌芯褉薪芯泄 胁薪械褕薪械泄 锌芯谢懈褌懈泻懈 袣邪蟹邪褏褋褌邪薪邪 锌芯褋谢械 2022 谐芯写邪: 芯褌 斜邪谢邪薪褋懈褉芯胁邪薪懈褟 泻 邪泻褌懈胁薪芯屑褍 褏械写卸懈褉芯胁邪薪懈褞
肖邪褌懈屑邪 袣褍泻械械胁邪, 袣邪蟹邪褏褋泻懈泄 薪邪褑懈芯薪邪谢褜薪褘泄 褍薪懈胁械褉褋懈褌械褌 懈屑械薪懈 邪谢褜-肖邪褉邪斜懈, 袣邪蟹邪褏褋褌邪薪
小褌褉邪褌械谐懈褔械褋泻邪褟 褍褋褌芯泄褔懈胁芯褋褌褜 孝褉邪薪褋泻邪褋锌懈泄褋泻芯谐芯 屑械卸写褍薪邪褉芯写薪芯谐芯 褌褉邪薪褋锌芯褉褌薪芯谐芯 屑邪褉褕褉褍褌邪 胁 褍褋谢芯胁懈褟褏 谐械芯锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻芯泄 薪械褋褌邪斜懈谢褜薪芯褋褌懈 懈 褉械谐懈芯薪邪谢褜薪芯泄 泻芯薪泻褍褉械薪褑懈懈 写械褉卸邪胁
肖邪褌懈屑邪 袞邪薪邪褕褌邪泄, 袣邪蟹邪褏褋泻懈泄 薪邪褑懈芯薪邪谢褜薪褘泄 褍薪懈胁械褉褋懈褌械褌 懈屑械薪懈 邪谢褜-肖邪褉邪斜懈, 袣邪蟹邪褏褋褌邪薪
袗褎谐邪薪褋泻懈泄 褎邪泻褌芯褉 胁 谐械芯锌芯谢懈褌懈泻械 笑械薪褌褉邪谢褜薪芯泄 袗蟹懈懈
袨屑邪褉 袦芯褏邪屑屑邪写 袧械褋褋邪褉, 袠薪褋褌懈褌褍褌 胁芯褋褌芯泻芯胁械写械薪懈褟 袪袗袧, 写懈褉械泻褌芯褉 笑械薪褌褉邪 懈蟹褍褔械薪懈褟 褋芯胁褉械屑械薪薪芯谐芯 袗褎谐邪薪懈褋褌邪薪邪, 袪芯褋褋懈褟
孝褉邪薪褋锌芯褉褌 懈 谢芯谐懈褋褌懈泻邪 泻邪泻 褎邪泻褌芯褉 懈薪褌械谐褉邪褑懈懈 胁 屑械卸写褍薪邪褉芯写薪褘褏 芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈褟褏: 泻械泄褋 袣邪蟹邪褏褋褌邪薪邪
袦邪谢懈泻 袗褍谐邪薪, 袣邪蟹邪褏褋泻懈泄 薪邪褑懈芯薪邪谢褜薪褘泄 褍薪懈胁械褉褋懈褌械褌 懈屑械薪懈 邪谢褜-肖邪褉邪斜懈, 袣邪蟹邪褏褋褌邪薪
袩械褉械褉褘胁 (16:15-16:25)
袩邪薪械谢褜 7. 袩芯谢懈褌懈泻邪, 褝泻芯薪芯屑懈泻邪 懈 屑械卸写褍薪邪褉芯写薪褘械 懈薪褌械褉械褋褘 胁 袝胁褉邪蟹懈懈 (16:25-18:00)
袥芯泻邪褑懈褟: 蟹邪谢 懈屑. 袩邪谢褟薪芯胁 (褎邪泻褍谢褜褌械褌 屑械卸写褍薪邪褉芯写薪褘褏 芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈泄, 4-泄 褝褌邪卸)
袦芯写械褉邪褌芯褉: 袨泻褋邪薪邪 袣邪褉薪邪褍褏芯胁邪, 挟卸薪褘泄 褎械写械褉邪谢褜薪褘泄 褍薪懈胁械褉褋懈褌械褌, 袪芯褋褋懈褟
袨褋芯斜械薪薪芯褋褌懈 胁薪械褕薪械泄 锌芯谢懈褌懈泻懈 袪芯褋褋懈泄褋泻芯泄 肖械写械褉邪褑懈懈 胁 芯斜谢邪褋褌懈 褝泻芯薪芯屑懈褔械褋泻懈褏 芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈泄 胁 1990-械 谐芯写褘 (泻械泄褋褘 锌褉械写锌褉懈褟褌懈泄 懈 芯斜褖械褋褌胁械薪薪褘褏 芯褉谐邪薪懈蟹邪褑懈泄) 胁 褋褉邪胁薪懈褌械谢褜薪芯泄 褉械褌褉芯褋锌械泻褌懈胁械
袦邪褉懈褟 袩芯薪芯屑邪褉械胁邪, 挟卸薪褘泄 褎械写械褉邪谢褜薪褘泄 褍薪懈胁械褉褋懈褌械褌, 袪芯褋褋懈褟
袦懈褉 胁 褍褋谢芯胁懈褟褏 芦褑懈褎褉芯胁芯谐芯 泻芯谢芯薪懈邪谢懈蟹屑邪禄: 屑械褌褉芯锌芯谢懈懈, 泻芯谢芯薪懈懈, 蟹芯薪褘 褋芯锌褉芯褌懈胁谢械薪懈褟
袙邪谢械薪褌懈薪邪 袣芯屑谢械胁邪, 笑械薪褌褉 屑械卸写褍薪邪褉芯写薪褘褏 褋褌褉邪褌械谐懈褔械褋泻懈褏 懈褋褋谢械写芯胁邪薪懈泄 袛懈锌谢芯屑邪褌懈褔械褋泻芯泄 邪泻邪写械屑懈懈 袦袠袛 袪肖 | 袧邪褑懈芯薪邪谢褜薪褘泄 懈褋褋谢械写芯胁邪褌械谢褜褋泻懈泄 懈薪褋褌懈褌褍褌 褉邪蟹胁懈褌懈褟 泻芯屑屑褍薪懈泻邪褑懈泄, 袪芯褋褋懈褟
袙谢懈褟薪懈械 谐械芯锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻懈褏 锌褉芯褌懈胁芯褉械褔懈泄 薪邪 锌褉芯褋褌褉邪薪褋褌胁械 袝胁褉邪蟹懈懈 薪邪 褉邪写懈泻邪谢懈蟹邪褑懈褞 屑芯谢芯写械卸懈 笑械薪褌褉邪谢褜薪芯泄 袗蟹懈懈
袣褍褉邪谢邪泄 袘邪泄蟹邪泻芯胁邪, 袣邪蟹邪褏褋泻懈泄 薪邪褑懈芯薪邪谢褜薪褘泄 褍薪懈胁械褉褋懈褌械褌 懈屑械薪懈 邪谢褜-肖邪褉邪斜懈, 袣邪蟹邪褏褋褌邪薪
袛胁邪写褑邪褌褜 谢械褌 褔谢械薪褋褌胁邪 小谢芯胁邪泻懈懈 胁 袝胁褉芯锌械泄褋泻芯屑 小芯褞蟹械
袥褞写屑懈谢邪 袥懈锌泻芯胁邪, 校薪懈胁械褉褋懈褌械褌 袗谢械泻褋邪薪写褉邪 袛褍斜褔械泻邪 胁 孝褉械薪褔懈薪械, 小谢芯胁邪泻懈褟
袩邪褌褉懈泻 袡邪胁芯褉褔懈泻, 袩褉械褕芯胁褋泻懈泄 褍薪懈胁械褉褋懈褌械褌 胁 谐芯褉芯写械 袩褉械褕芯胁, 小谢芯胁邪泻懈褟
袗斜褏邪蟹懈褟 胁芯 胁薪械褕薪械泄 锌芯谢懈褌懈泻械 小楔袗 胁 XXI 胁.: 胁谢懈褟薪懈械 泻芯薪褌械泻褋褌邪 懈 写懈薪邪屑懈泻邪 懈薪褌械褉械褋邪
袪邪写屑懈谢邪 袗泄褉懈褟薪, 挟卸薪褘泄 褎械写械褉邪谢褜薪褘泄 褍薪懈胁械褉褋懈褌械褌, 袪芯褋褋懈褟
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