YSU Journal of International Affairs of the Faculty of International Relations at Yerevan State University is a peer-reviewed academic journal issued in English that promotes scholarly debate and dialogue on international affairs within the humanities and social sciences. Its scope encompasses international relations, international history, international law, international political economy, diplomacy, and foreign policy.
It aims to link scholars and policymakers while encouraging innovative and research-driven ideas that broaden the scope of current scholarship.
The journal meeting international standards has an editorial board comprising distinguished professors and researchers from leading universities worldwide, including Armenia, the United States, France, Russia, the Czech Republic, India, China, Japan, Georgia, New Zealand, Poland, and Kazakhstan.
The Editor-In-Chief of the journal is Tigran Yepremyan, Candidate of Historical Sciences and Associate Professor, Dean of the Faculty of International Relations at Yerevan State University.
The journal will be published biannually. The editorial board intends to expand and develop academic and innovative collaborations to enhance the university’s international scientific standing.
The inaugural issue features the following articles and book review:
Azizian, Rouben. 2025. “Polarization, Transactionalism and Small States in the International System: Navigating a Fractured Order”. YSU Journal of International Affairs 1 (1): 7-24. https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.1.007.
Garcia Cancela, Eduardo. 2025. “The Renewed Impetus to the European Union Enlargement: An Opportunity for Closer Ties Between the EU and Armenia”. YSU Journal of International Affairs 1 (1): 25-44. https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.1.025.
Lakshminarayanan, Radhika. 2025. “Building Bridges: Kuwait’s Subtle Diplomacy and Humanitarian Soft Power in a Fractured Region”. YSU Journal of International Affairs 1 (1): 45-65. https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.1.045.
Manukyan, Zhak. 2025. “The Strategic Role of Central Asia in a Changing World Order: Resources, Logistics, and Competition”. YSU Journal of International Affairs 1 (1): 66-99. https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.1.066.
Gurov, Oleg. 2025. “Digital Inclusion VS Digital Sovereignty: RRI As a Platform for Integrating Ethics into Geopolitics”. YSU Journal of International Affairs 1 (1): 100-115. https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.1.100.
Kardumyan, Vrezh. 2025. “The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on International Relations: Are Current Paradigms Still Relevant?”. YSU Journal of International Affairs 1 (1): 116-35. https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.1.116. https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.1.136.
Kocharyan, Shavarsh. 2025. “From Yalta to the Unknown: State Foreign Policy Features in the Transitional Period of the International Relations System”. YSU Journal of International Affairs 1 (1): 136-50. https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.1.136.
Tadevosyan, Suren. 2025. “How Islam Rules in Iran: Theology and Theocracy in the Islamic Republic, by Mehran Kamrava, Cambridge University Press, 2024, 354 Pp”. YSU Journal of International Affairs 1 (1): 151-54. https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.1.151.
