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WORKSHOP DEDICATED TO THE CONTEMPORARY
EURASIA JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY THE INSTITUTE OF
ORIENTAL STUDIES OF NAS RA
November 29, 2019
On November 29, 2019, the Institute of Oriental Studies of NAS
Ra held a workshop dedicated to the journal, Contemporary Eurasia,
which has been published since 2012. The chief editor of Contemporary
Eurasia, director of IOS Ruben Safrastyan spoke on the establishment of
this publication and described the crucial political developments in
different regions of Eurasia that prompted the publishing of the journal.
He summarized the work that had been done in previous years, the
editorial policy, and cooperation with renowned scholars in the field.
Welcomed speeches were delivered by Yuri Suvaryan,
Academician-Secretary of the Department of Armenology and Social
Sciences of NAS RA, Armen Yeganyan, head of Policy Planning
Department of MFA, Armen Voskanyan, acting head of Department of
Diaspora of the Office of Security Council of RA. The distinguished
guests stressed the importance of publishing this journal, which aims to
promote a platform for studies concerning different regions, states and
people of Eurasia from the perspective of international relations,
geopolitics, identity, religion, and history.
The members of the editorial board of Contemporary Eurasia
spoke on the topics of studies published in the volumes of the journal
since 2012 and plans for the future. In particular, they summarized main
research focuses, attitudes and trends in the articles concerning various
fields in the Arab countries, Iran, Turkey, Caucasus, East Asia and other
regions of the continent.
Contemporary Eurasia is a peer reviewed journal published twice
a year. The journal welcomes theoretical and empirical contributions
discussing the emerging role of Eurasia in the global geopolitics.
Contemporary Eurasia publishes reviewed research articles, book
reviews and conference, round-table reports.
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