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AUTORS LIST
Lilit Harutyunyan
PhD, Associate Prof., Head of the Department of Arab countries, Institute of
Oriental studies NAS RA. Main fields of her research are: Modernization and
transformation processes in the MENA region, Modern history of Lebanon and
Syria, Non Muslim (Christian & Jewish) communities of the Arab countries.
Levon Hovsepyan
PhD, Senior Research Fellow of the Department of Turkey at the Institute of
Oriental Studies, NAS RA. He is a lecturer at the Chair of political institutions and
processes of the Yerevan State University. Main fields of his research include the
problems of defense and security sector, foreign policy and socio-political processes
of Turkey.
Araks Pashayan
Leading research fellow PhD, Department of the Arab Countries IOS, NAS
RA. Main field of her scientific interests are Saudi Arabia, political Islam, Islamic
factor in regional and international affairs, Armenian communities of Arab
countries.
Maximilian Ohle
Master’s Student of International Affairs and Public Policy at the Zhou Enlai
School of Government, Nankai University. His research interests include China-
Russia Relations, Hierarchy in International Relations and International Security in
East Asia.
Richard J. Cook
Ph.D. Candidate of International Relations at the Zhou Enlai School of
Government, Nankai University. His research interests include China-U.S.
Relations, Hierarchy in International Relations and International Security.
Zhaoying Han
Professor of International Relations at the Zhou Enlai School of Government,
Nankai University. His research interests include China-U.S. Relations, Chinese
Foreign Policy and International Relations Theory.
Rysbek Mamazhanov
Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of International Relations, Renmin
University of China. His research interests include Sino-Russian Relations,
Contemporary Relations of China with the Post-Soviet States, the Eurasian
Economic Union, International Security and Sino-U.S. Relations.
Beniamin Mailyan
Associate professor, Senior Research Fellow of the Department of Christian
East at the Institute of Oriental Studies, NAS RA. His main fields of research are the
problems of the modern history of Georgia/Abkhazia/South Ossetia.
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