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 second issue features the following articles and book review:
Editorial Foreword
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.2.007
Tigran Yepremyan, Suren Tadevosyan
7-11
Articles
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.2.012
Adrian Brisku, Klodiana Beshku
12-42
- Reconstruction and Modernization of National Identity as Catalysts for Stateness: A Post-Soviet Perspective
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.2.043
Violetta Manukyan
43-69
- Manufacturing the Enemy: Armenophobia and the Construction of National Identity in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.2.070
Anzhela Mnatsakanyan
70-92
- From Balancing to Active Hedging: The Transformation of Kazakhstan’s Multi-Vector Foreign Policy After 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.2.093
Fatima Kukeyeva
93-117
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.2.118
Seyed Hassan Mirfakhraei
118-140
- International North–South Transport Corridor: A Renewed Horizon of Trade Connectivity Between India and Russia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.2.141
Sandeep Tripathi, Urvashi Singh
141-159
Discussion Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.2.160
José Miguel Alonso Trabanco
160-173
Book Review
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46991/jia.2025.1.2.174
Ruben Melkonyan
174-179