SMALL-STATE STRATEGIES FOR REFORMING ARMENIA’S MILITARY: HOW ARMENIA CAN PUNCH ABOVE ITS WEIGHT

United Kingdom-based Dr. Eduard Abrahamyan, an IR scholar who specializes in small states’ foreign and security policies will present on Zoom Small-State Strategies for Reforming Armenia’s Military: How Armenia Can Punch Above its Weight—the fifth in the What’s Next series on the post-war Armenian reality.

Join Dr. Abrahamyan for a timely discussion of

• how other small states have successfully constructed defense systems to mitigate asymmetric threats;
• combining compulsory service with active reserves and citizen-based territorial defense models;
• heightened role of education and training in small-state security architecture;
• oversight and responsibility of parliament for effective functioning of the security sector;
• role of independent media and security analysis; and
• strengthening whistleblowing provisions to ensure accountability and efficacy.

Go to https://bit.ly/Whats-Next-Part5 to register. To watch on YouTube, go to https://bit.ly/StLeonEvents at 7:00 PM ET on Thursday, March 2. For more information, call Ara Araz at 917.837.1297 or email ara@edrcorp.net.

The event is jointly sponsored by the Ararat-Eskijian Museum, Armenian Bar Association, Armenian Network of America-Greater NY, Daughters of Vartan-Sahaganoush Otyag, Justice Armenia, Knights of Vartan-Bakradouny Lodge, National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR)—Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lecture Series on Contemporary Armenian Issues, and St. Leon Armenian Church.