Welcome to the Publications section of the Yerevan Center of Foreign & Security Policy. Here you can discover recent publications by our members, reflecting their research and expertise on foreign policy, security, and regional affairs.
In her article "The Enclave Issue Between Armenia and Azerbaijan: Historical Origins, International Experiences, and Policy Options", published in EVN Report, Sossi Tatikyan, Director of the Yerevan Centre of Foreign & Security Policy, analyses the Enclave Issue Between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Institut Montaigne, a leading public policy think tank in France, published the second part of Sossi Tatikyan’s article on “Armenia’s Multi-Aligned Strategic Partnerships,” which examines the looming shadow of Russia and Yerevan’s attempts at multi-alignment. Armenia, a historic ally of Russia against Turkey-backed Azerbaijan, has suspended its participation in the Moscow-sponsored Collective Security Treaty Organization since 2022. As the June parliamentary election campaign has begun and Russia seeks to maintain its influence in the Caucasus, Yerevan aims to demonstrate pragmatism, particularly regarding Nagorno-Karabakh.
In the second week of May 2026, Institut Montaigne, a leading public policy think tank in France, published Sossi Tatikyan’s article, “Armenia as a Platform for EU Engagement: France’s Role in Anchoring Armenia in Europe,” which examines three major European diplomatic events held in Yerevan that signal a shift in foreign policy for a country still reeling from the loss of Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023. How is Armenia’s rapprochement with Europe taking shape? How might it serve as an asset for the EU in the Caucasus, even as Azerbaijan remains a key gas supplier? What role can France play?
French-Armenian magazine Nouvelles d'Arménie has published Sossi Tatikyan's article on Armenia-France partnership - de facto strategic since at least 2024, to be formalized during President Macron's visit to Armenia on 4-5 May.
“New Eastern Europe” published Sossi Tatikyan’s article“From NATO Partnership for Peace crisis to European Peace Facility delays: Orbán’s impact on Armenia.”
As modern conflict increasingly targets how societies think rather than what they control, Armenia faces growing exposure to cognitive warfare. Sossi Tatikyan explains the concept, maps its risks in Armenia’s post-war context, and outlines a resilience framework to strengthen cognitive security, public trust and democratic stability ahead of the 2026 elections and beyond.
EVN Report – Armenian has published the article “Why Young People Do Not Trust” by Davit Petrosyan, co-founder of the Center for Foreign and Security Policy.How have the unfulfilled promised reforms in higher education, the severe consequences of the 44-day war, and the decline of political discourse transformed young people’s attitudes toward politics?.
In her article published in Modern Diplomacy, Sossi Tatikyan, Director of the Yerevan Center of Foreign & Security Policy, analyzes the inconsistency between peace diplomacy and narrative warfare in the recent public messaging of Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, particularly in his interview with France 24. Instead of reinforcing diplomatic progress through measured and forward-looking language, Aliyev reiterated and amplified a series of false and confrontational narratives directed at Armenia and France.
In her article published in EVN Report, Sossi Tatikyan, Director of the Yerevan Center of Foreign & Security Policy, analyzes the outcomes of the visit of U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance to Armenia and Azerbaijan, assessing its broader implications for regional diplomacy and strategic partnerships.
In her article published in EVN Report, Sossi Tatikyan, Director of the Yerevan Center of Foreign & Security Policy, examines how nationwide unrest and escalating repression in Iran are reshaping regional security dynamics and analyzes the implications for Armenia amid a shifting deterrence environment.