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It will serve as a venue for academic discussions and a meeting point for scholars to present their current research, discover common academic interests and discuss ideas for potential joint research projects\u2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications from all fields of political science are welcome. Presentations can be related, but not limited to the following topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Nationalism and nation-building processes&nbsp;in the post-Soviet space<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Regionalism and regional governance in the post-Soviet space<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Regional conflicts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Migration and political demography in post-Soviet countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Foreign policy of post-Soviet countries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Cooperation and rivalry of regional powers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Political systems in transition<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Governance and public administration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Cyber security and hybrid warfare<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Soft power and cultural diplomacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications should include a title, presenter\u2019s name, affiliation and email and an abstract (up to 300 words). The application file should be sent to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:conference.int.rel@ysu.am\">conference.int.rel@ysu.am<\/a>&nbsp;in a .doc, .docx or .pdf format. The Conference Committee will review the applications and communicate its decision via email. After receiving the acceptance letter, presenters are expected to send their papers in a .doc or docx or .pdf format. After the conference, the participants will be offered to submit their manuscripts to&nbsp;<em>YSU Journal of International Affairs<\/em>, published by Yerevan State University Press. The scholars, who will not attend the conference are also welcome to submit their research articles to the journal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;participate&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All sessions will be held in person. The working language of the conference is English. The conference does not cover travel and accommodation costs. All questions should be addressed to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:conference.int.rel@ysu.am\">conference.int.rel@ysu.am<\/a>&nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important dates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deadline for abstract submissions:<\/strong>&nbsp;2025 May 31 Yerevan time (GMT+4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notification on Committee\u2019s decision:<\/strong>&nbsp;June 25, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deadline for paper submissions:<\/strong>&nbsp;September 1, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publication of the conference program:<\/strong>&nbsp;September 15, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ysu.am\/en\/conference\/888\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.ysu.am\/en\/conference\/888<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about the first annual conference can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ysu.am\/en\/news\/68310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>9&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;10 October, 2025 The Faculty of International Relations at Yerevan State University organizes its&nbsp;second&nbsp;annual conference<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,44,98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-papers","category-opportunities","category-other-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12198"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12240,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12198\/revisions\/12240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arisc.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}