Examining the Context

In this episode of “Examining the Context” podcast, Dr. Nerses Kopalyan explains the concept of defense diplomacy to understand the strategic framework guiding America’s increasing engagement with Armenia’s security landscape.

In this episode of “Examining the Context” podcast, Dr. Nerses Kopalyan notes that public discourse in Armenia incorrectly attempts to situate the country’s security context within the larger international constellation. He argues that a more cogent and empirically substantive approach can be established through the concept of Regional Security Complex Theory.

In this episode of "Examining the Context" podcast, Dr. Nerses Kopalyan talks about de-hybridization, a new trend in security studies. He discusses how states frequently targeted by hybrid attacks can develop strategies to counter and prevent the effectiveness of hybrid warfare.

In this episode of “Examining the Context” podcast, Dr. Nerses Kopalyan talks about how Armenia must anticipate, mitigate and deter the Aliyev regime's threats and potential attacks by gauging its coercive credibility through a threat matrix.

Dr. Nerses Kopalyan, author of the monthly series "EVN Security Report" talks about why establishing a Western pivot was crucial for Armenia to achieve an independent foreign policy and enhance its security capabilities. Kopalyan explains why this process involves pivoting first and only then adopting hedging strategies.

To strengthen and democratize its defense sector, Armenia needs to diversify access to armaments and advanced weapons systems and develop a comprehensive, well-structured and expert-driven procurement program. EVN Report’s Maria Titizian speaks with the author of “EVN Security Report” Dr. Nerses Kopalyan about the February 2024 security briefing.

For the January 2024 EVN Security Report, Dr. Nerses Kopalyan introduced a rationalist explanation of war to address the causal mechanisms shaping Aliyev’s incentives for being conflict-prone. He speaks with EVN Report's Editor-in-Chief Maria Titizian about how rationalist models of war are applied to account for the decision-making and policy preferences of the Aliyev regime and why peace for the Azerbaijani president is deemed an “irrational” preference.

EVN Report's Editor-in-Chief Maria Titizian speaks with Dr. Nerses Kopalyan, author of the monthly series "EVN Security Report" about the need for Armenia to have an institutional theory of security as chronic de-institutionalization and de-professionalization after independence eroded its capacity to develop a functional, institutionalized system of security.

EVN Report's Editor-in-Chief Maria Titizian speaks with Dr. Nerses Kopalyan, author of the monthly series "EVN Security Report" about regional dynamics in November that demonstrated acute developments on track to produce unanticipated realignments, altering Armenia’s security environment and enhancing its security and foreign policy diversification.

EVN Report's Editor-in-Chief Maria Titizian speaks with Dr. Nerses Kopalyan, author of the monthly series "EVN Security Report" about the objective of Armenia's Western pivot, which is neither ideational nor conceptually geopolitical but rather the need to rupture the entire logic of dependency and establish sustainable security independence for the Republic of Armenia.