07.05.2013 NEW ISSUE OF “MIDDLE EAST MEDITERRANEAN” WAS PUBLISHED
The ½ issue of “Middle East Mediterranean” for 2013 was published. The bulletin is published by the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) which is one of the leading Greek institutions dealing with the study of the international relations.

06.05.2013 ON POLITICAL VIEW OF THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY IN SYRIA
Vahram Hovyan
Events in Syria are of some interest for the Armenian academic and analytical circles not only in the aspect of regional and geopolitical changes which will also influence Armenia, but also for the reasons of safety of the Armenian community in Syria.

02.05.2013 NAGORNO-KARABAKH: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO THE PROSPECTS OF THE CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
Sergei Minasyan
As it is known, today the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is not fully involved in the negotiation process under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group. The stance of Stepanakert is presented in the international arena by Armenia which states that at this stage it abstains from the recognition of the NKR.

29.04.2013 ON SOME MAIN ISSUES OF INTEGRATION IN THE CONTEXT OF A VALUE SYSTEM
Gagik Harutyumyan
Today the main issues of the Eurasian integration are up for debate. The geopolitical necessity of integration is underlined. Rather good analyses of its profitability and other economic issues are carried out. This all is wonderful and very useful – certainty is a must. It is obvious that everything is interconnected.

25.04.2013 KARS-AKHLKALAKI-TBILISI RAILWAY AND ITS REGIONAL PROSPECTS
Sevak Sarukhanyan
The authorities of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkey plan to complete building of Kars-Akhlkalaki-Tbilisi railway by the end of 2013 and this new transportion hub will be put into commission on January 1, 2014.

17.04.2013 SOUTH STREAM SHAPES EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY, NABUCCO FALLS BEHIND
South Stream is an ambitious endeavor of Russia’s energy giant Gazprom to get direct access to the EU energy market. It is portrayed and criticized by some politicians in Europe as a «dangerous» gateway to a broader economic relationship with Moscow. Remarkably enough, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Hungary have one-by-one opted for the project.

16.04.2013 THE 113th CONGRESS, A LOOK AT THE 2014 MID-TERM ELECTIONS AND THE COUNTDOWN TO THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
By Taniel Koushakjian
With the House of Representatives remaining in Republican control and the Senate and White House again in Democratic hands, another session of a divided Congress began on January 3, 2013.

10.04.2013 HOW TO CREATE A NATION: A TASK OF FORMATION OF THE AZERBAIJANI IDENTITY IN THE 20TH CENTURY
Haykaram Nahapetyan
A well-known in the Soviet period definition of Azerbaijan’s capital Baku as an “international city” is still fresh in the memory of people from the post-Soviet territory. In Soviet Baku different big national and religious communities lived which was characteristic for pre-Soviet, tsarist period as well. In 1913 in his article “Marxism and National Issue” Stalin called Baku “a mosaic of nations”.

09.04.2013 ALIGNMENT-MEETING AT THE SECRETARIAT OF THE COLLECTIVE SECURITY TREATY ORGANIZATION
On April 2, 2013 the alignment-meeting with the participation of the Secretary General of the CSTO N.Bordyuzha, Coordinator of the Association and Advisor of the Department of the Information Programmes of the CSTO Secretariat I.Panarin, heads and employees of the structural subdivisions of the CSTO Secretariat was held.

04.04.2013 GEORGIA AND TURKISH-AZERBAIJANI MILITARY AND POLITICAL ALLIANCE
Lia Evoyan
South Caucasus still remains one of the most important targets in the foreign policy of Turkey. This is stipulated in the electoral programme (Seçim Beyannamesi) of the Justice and Development Party issued on June 12, 2011 on the eve of the parliamentary elections...

28.03.2013 “ARMENIZATION” OF THE DOMESTIC POLITICAL LIFE IN GEORGIA?
Sergei Minasyan
On January 17 official visit of the prime-minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili to Armenia took place. This was the second regional visit of a new head of the Georgian government after a resounding and unexpected for many victory of the opposition at the parliamentary elections in October; at the end of the last year Ivanishvili visited Azerbaijan.

25.03.2013 DATA PROTECTION ISSUES IN ARMENIA
Samvel Martirosyan
The Republic of Armenia is becoming more and more digitalized country. Only digitization of state institutions, the electronic management systems has considerably developed in terms of quantity and quality in recent two years.

21.03.2013 BRUSSELS INDULGES IN TRANS-CASPIAN PIPE DREAM AGAIN
After the European Commission has finally realized that major investors (RWE) and transit countries (Hungary) are leaving Nabucco, bureaucrats in Brussels are now trying to revitalize a distressed project – the so-called Trans-Caspian gas pipeline.

20.03.2013 WILL POPE FRANCIS REPEAT CARDINAL BERGOGLIO’S WORDS ON THE GENOCIDE?
By Harut Sassounian
Shortly after Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis I, Armenian and Turkish media outlets rushed to inform their audiences that the Argentinean Archbishop had acknowledged the Armenian Genocide on a number of occasions.

30.04.2013 MEETING IN “NORAVANK” FOUNDATION
On April 25 a meeting with Dr. Yiannos Charalambides took place at “Noravank” Foundation. The issues of Armenia-EU relations, current political and economic processes were discussed.

29.04.2013 ROUND TABLE AT “NORAVANK” FOUNDATION
On April 27 Round Table, which, among others, featured the representatives of Turkish intelligentsia – Prof. of the Open University Sait Centinogli and lawyer Erdal Dogan, was held at “Noravank” Foundation.

25.04.2013 PANEL SESSION OF THE RESEARCH COUNCIL OF “NORAVANK” FOUNDATION
On April 25, 2013 a panel session of the research council of “Noravank” Foundation was held. Discussion of “Origin of the Turkic speaking ethnic groups in Iran and issues of national identity” research programme was on the agenda.

09.04.2013 ROUND TABLE ON “REGIONAL PROBLEMATIC”
On April 8, 2013 the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, Deputy Director of the Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland...

03.04.2013 NORAVANK READINGS (Lecture 6)
On April 2 the sixth lecture of the “Information Security” special course held within the framework of Noravank readings at “Noravank” Foundation was delivered.

29.03.2013 "VALUES IN ARMENIA: RESEARCH RESULTS"
On March 28 upon an initiative of the Center for Information Studies of “Noravank” Foundation seminar-discussion on “Values in Armenia: Research Results” was held.

27.03.2013 NORAVANK READINGS (Lecture 5)
On March 26 the fifth lecture of the “Information Security” special course held within the framework of Noravank readings at “Noravank” Foundation was delivered.

12.03.2013 NORAVANK READINGS (Lecture 4)
On March 12 the forth lecture of the “Information Security” special course held within the framework of Noravank readings at “Noravank” Foundation was delivered.

07.03.2013 PANEL SESSION OF THE RESEARCH COUNCIL OF “NORAVANK” FOUNDATION
On March 7, 2013 another panel session of the research council of “Noravank” Foundation was held.

06.03.2013 NORAVANK READINGS (Lecture 3)
On March 5 the third lecture of the “Information Security” special course held within the framework of Noravank readings at “Noravank” Foundation was delivered.

26.02.2013 NORAVANK READINGS (Lecture 2)
On February 26 the second lecture of the “Information Security” special course held within the framework of Noravank readings at “Noravank” Foundation was delivered.

20.02.2013 NORAVANK READINGS (Lecture 1)
On February 19, the first lecture of the special course on “Information security” organized within the framework of “Noravank” readings was held at “Noravank” Foundation.

13.02.2013 PROSPECT OF DEVELOPMENT OF “NORAVANK” FOUNDATION
On February 12 a workshop on “Prospects of Development of “Noravank” Foundation” was hold. At the brainstorm session the trends of development of the Foundation were discussed.

25.01.2013 PANEL SESSION OF THE RESEARCH COUNCIL OF “NORAVANK” FOUNDATION
On January 24, 2013 another panel session of the research council of “Noravank” Foundation was held. The individual programmes of the expert-researchers of the Center for Political Studies, Publishing Center and Educational Center of “Noravank” Foundation for 2013 were on the agenda.