Journal of Political Science: Bulletin of Yerevan University
2023; 11–31
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Comparative Analysis of National Security Strategies of Armenia in the Context of Political Realism, Liberalism, and Marxism

Vardan Atoyan*, Logan Brosius, Vahram Hovyan

Received: 2025-03-31 · Published: 2023-12-30

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Original title
Comparative Analysis of National Security Strategies of Armenia in the Context of Political Realism, Liberalism, and Marxism
Authors
Vardan Atoyan, Logan Brosius, Vahram Hovyan
Source journal
Journal of Political Science: Bulletin of Yerevan University
Published
2023-12-30
Licence
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Original
https://doi.org/10.46991/JOPS/2023.2.6.011

Abstract

The article examines the characteristic features of Armenian national security strategies, actively conducting research of an interdisciplinary nature with extensive use of systems analysis. Issues of stability of the political system of Armenia in the interests of national security are considered not only from the point of view of the general theory of systems, but also using the methodological principles of synergetics. An independent section of research was the study of regional conflicts in the post-Soviet space and their impact on the state of national security of Armenia. In this context, traditional international relations theory offers tools for analyzing the previous actions of states within a broader framework and deciding on further actions. The present article seeks to provide simple textual comparisons and analyses of the Republic of Armenia’s National Security Strategies of 2007 and 2020. Those elements within the Strategies which have remained, changed, or been added will then be made the subject of contextual analyses with the theoretical traditions of liberalism, realism, and Marxism to draw out the Republic of Armenia’s major priorities and assess the capability of its approaches to meeting the foreign policy problems that exist. Each theory of international relations will emphasize those positions in the National Security Strategies that most accurately reflect Armenia’s past and current positions, and evaluate them in accordance with global and regional standards.
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