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Ruben Elamiryan

Candidate of political sciences, associate professor

About

Dr. Ruben Elamiryan is an Associate Professor and Director of ‘Contemporary Diplomacy and International Affairs MA Program at the Department of World Politics and International Relations at Russian-Armenian University.
He is also an Associate Professor at the Public Administration Academy of the Republic of Armenia. He received his PhD in Political Science (International Relations) in 2014 from the Academic Council at the National Strategic Research Institute under the Ministry of Defense of Armenia. His thesis is entitled, 'The problem of Information security in the context of providing the National Interest of the Republic of Armenia'.
He has more than ten years’ experience in academic research and teaching, starting from 2010. From September 2018 to August 2019 he undertook a Visiting Fulbright Scholar position at Princeton University, working on a project entitled, 'Eastern Partnership Countries on the cross-roads of the Eurasian Geopolitics: USA, EU, Russia, and China'.
He has over 30 papers and articles in international and Armenian peer-review journals, as well as participated in numerous well-respected international conferences.

Currently he works at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, while his experience with the Government of Armenia includes such positions as the Aide to the President of Armenia and Head of the Department of International Affairs at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of Armenia.


 

Scientific interests

  • International relations
  • Geopolitics
  • international and cyber security, with focus on the South Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Russia, and Eurasia.

List of publications

  • Eastern Partnership Countries on the Cross-Roads of the Eurasian Geopolitics: USA, European Union (EU), Russia, and China, November, 2019, https://www.kozmetskycenter.org/briefing-november-2019
  • Reaching a Durable Peace in the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict. The National Interest, April, 2019, https://nationalinterest.org/feature/reaching-durable-peace-nagorno-karabakh-conflict-54237
  • Towards a Global Cybersecurity Architecture: Armenian National Policy in Cyberspace (2021)/ Chapter in Routledge Companion to Global Cyber-Security Strategy (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429399718
  • Armenia in Changing Security Environment: Shaping Geopolitical Future/ Valdai Discussion Club, 28.09.2020, https://valdaiclub.com/a/highlights/armenia-in-changing-security-environment/
  • The Return of Geopolitics: Eastern Partnership Countries between the European Union and China/ EUChina Observer, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, July 2020, https://issuu.com/collegeofeurope/docs/euchina_observer_issue120

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