On December 10, 2009 the session of the newly-established Academic Committee of the Supreme Certifying Commission, Republic of Armenia, conferring Academic Degrees in “Political Institutions and Processes” and “International Relations” specializations, took place at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS). The public defense of “The Conflict Communications and Central Issues of Information Security” Doctoral Thesis presented for the Doctoral Academic Degree in Political Sciences in “Political Institutions and Processes” specialization by Arthur Atanesyan, Fulbright Scholar, Head of the Chair of Applied Sociology, Yerevan State University, Candidate of Political Sciences, was on the session’s agenda. The Members of the Academic Committee are Major General Hayk Kotanjian (Chairman), Doctor of Political Sciences (RF), Counterterrorism Fellow (USA); Arman Kirakosyan, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Armenia; Aram Simonyan, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Rector of Yerevan State University; Nikolay Hovhannisyan, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Founder of the Arabic Studies in Armenia, President of the Armenian Atlantic Association; Mariam Margaryan (Deputy Chairman), Doctor of Political Sciences, Head of the Chair of Public Administration and Political Analysis of the Public Administration Academy, Republic of Armenia, and other distinguished experts in Political Science and History.

The development of security and defense oriented political science in Armenia is entering a qualitatively new level. The INSS has performed a very important step towards the academic progress being transformed into an academic educational body conferring Academic Degrees. This progress is approved by conferring the Doctoral Degree in Political Sciences in the specialization of information security by the Institute’s Academic Committee. The INSS step by step continues its valuable and unique contribution to the development of Armenia’s security oriented political science. By these efforts the INSS under the auspices of Defense Minister Mr. Seyran Ohanyan, implements its mission to gather Armenia’s intellectual potential in defense and security fields, and especially unite the Armenian smart power youth under the patronage of the Defense Ministry’s Institute for National Strategic Studies, as it was planned by the former Defense Minister, incumbent President Mr. Serzh Sargsyan. RA MoD Department of Information and Public Affairs