ACADEMIC COMMITTEE ON DEFENSE OF DOCTORAL THESES IS LAUNCHED AT THE INSTITUE FOR NATIONAL STRATEGIC STUDIES, MOD, REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
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10. 12.09
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