Institute for Security Analysis
Security Summit: Rethinking Armenia's Geopolitical and Defense Trajectory (Day 2)
Summary: The summit, organized by the newly established Institute for Security Analysis, featured a series of public discussions around national security and state building. Panelists included personalities from a diverse range of disciplines and backgrounds.
Purpose: Critical security challenges — the 2020 Artsakh War, Azerbaijan's 2022 assault on Syunik and Vayotz Dzor provinces, and the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh's indigenous Armenian population — have exposed the limitations of Armenia's security strategies and highlighted an urgent need for fundamental modernization and institutional innovation.
The Security Summit aimed to address these pressing issues head-on and create a dynamic platform where fresh, often unconventional ideas can be exchanged, thereby encouraging collaboration among defense specialists and fostering public engagement across national security discourse.
In the face of escalating regional threats and shifting power configurations, the Security Summit contributed to catalyzing grassroots and society-wide support dedicated to safeguarding Armenia's sovereignty and rapidly enhancing defense and security reforms.
By bringing together policy experts, defense specialists, and active citizens, the Security Summit examined ways to clarify — and actualize — smart and alternative options for extracting Armenia from its current crisis.
Watch now to explore innovative solutions and strategies that will empower Armenia to navigate and overcome its security challenges and ensure a secure and resilient future.
Conference Agenda
Day 1
Welcome Remarks
Ara Araz
Board Member, Institute for Security Analysis
Panels
Security and Geopolitics
Panel I: Armenia's Road to 2020: Nurturing Failure, Azerbaijan's Aggression, and Russia's Role
Dr. Stepan Astourian, Turpanjian Center for Policy Analysis at the American University of Armenia
Dr. Eduard Abrahamyan, Institute for Security Analysis
Panel II: The Emerging Geopolitical Order in the Caucasus: The Rise — and Threat — of Eurasianism
Dr. Eduard Abrahamyan, Institute for Security Analysis
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Glen Grant, National Security Expert
Politics
Panel III: Hybrid War: Disrupting Security, Society and Politics
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Glen Grant, National Security Expert
Panel IV: Strategic Disaster: The Dangers of Appeasement
Dr. Thomas Young, Defense Security Cooperation University and Naval Postgraduate School
Colonel Vladimir Milenski, Ministry of Defense of Bulgaria
Day 2
Next Steps and Policy Solutions
Panel V: Salvaging Statehood: A Crisis Roadmap for the Armenian Republic
Dr. Thomas Young, Defense Security Cooperation University
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Glen Grant, National Security Expert
Panel VI: Next Steps: A Legal Strategy for Artsakh
Talin Hitik, Lawyer and International Law Expert
Panel VII: Shaping a Reform Agenda: A Whole-of-Society Approach to Territorial Defense
Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Glen Grant, National Security Expert
Dr. Hratchya Arzumanyan, National Security Expert
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