Dr. Gayane Novikova
FOUNDING DIRECTOR (SINCE 2001) (CV)
E-mail: gayane.novikova@gmail.com; gnovikova@spectrum.am
Areas of expertise:
European Neighborhood Policy, regional security issues, ethno-political conflicts; international relations
Current Projects:
The Anatomy of the Armenian Foreign Policy;
The South Caucasus between Russia and the West;
“In Depth Analysis” Policy Papers (since January 2005);
COWRC
Education:
1984 – 1987 Post-Graduate Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Science of Armenia
1973 – 1978 M.A. Faculty of Oriental Studies, Yerevan State University, Armenia (Diploma with Distinction)
Training:
March 2009 Black Sea Security Program, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
May 2003 Senior Executive Seminar “The Global War on Terrorism: The Defining Conflict of the 21st Century?” at the George C. Marshall European
Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Aug. – Dec. 2002 Executive Program, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Publications:
Author of five monographs and more than 80 chapters in the books and articles; editor-in-chief of 14 collections of articles and the Center’s bulletin “In-Depth Analysis”.
Membership:
Since 2002 PfP Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes
2001-2006 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London
Joined SPECTRUM: June 2001
Diana Ananyan, MA
Researcher, Assistant of the Director
Co-Founder and President of the Lane Kirkland Armenian Alumni Association
E-mail: d_ananian@yahoo.com; d.ananyan@spectrum.am
Areas of expertise:
Developments in the Wider Black Sea area; impact of the political processes on the social situation in the South Caucasian region, humanitarian aid.
Current Project:
Completed Project:
The Models of the NATO’s Political Behavior in the Balkans and the South Caucasus: a Comparative Analysis;
Children in Armed Conflicts
Education:
February – June 2004 NATO Senior Executive Master Program, MA, at National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest, Romania
1998- 2001 Department of Economy, BA, Moscow Institute for the Humanities, Bachelor Degree, Moscow, RF
Publications:
NATO and the South Caucasus States: The Framework of Partnership (1994-2004), Lambert Academic Publishing, 2014
Scholarship:
Sept 2006 – July 2007 Lane Kirkland Scholarship provided by Polish-American Fulbright Commission for the research at the Warsaw University (Warsaw, Poland)
Joined SPECTRUM: June 2001
Ashot Melyan
Analyst, translator
E-mail: ashot.melyan@gmail.com;
Areas of expertise:
Conflict resolution, international relations, Armenian domestic policy
Current Projects:
The South Caucasus as a Part of the Wider Europe; “In Depth Analysis” Policy Papers (since January 2005)
Completed Projects:
The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: in Search of the Way out (June 2003- January 2005); The South Caucasus: Regional Security and Stability (June 2003 – May 2004)
Education:
1982-1985 – Post-graduate study, Institute of Oriental Studies, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia
1976-1981 – Faculty of Oriental Studies, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Armenia
Publications:
Armenia in the Council of Europe: Expectations and Perspectives. In: Directions of the Armenian Foreign Policy, Yerevan, SPECTRUM, 2002
Membership:
Since 2002 – PfP Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes
Joined SPECTRUM: June 2001
Milena Oganesyan
Researcher
E-mail: milena.oganes@yahoo.com
Areas of expertise:
political, social, and cultural dynamics in the Caucasus from the local, regional, and global perspectives; conflict and peace studies
Current Projects:
Completed Projects:
Education:
2008 – Pres. Ph.D. in Anthropology, The University of Montana, MT, U.S.A.
Spring 2009 Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Caucasus, Malmö University, Sweden
2006 – 2009 M.A. in History, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, U.S.A.
2000 – 2005 Diploma in Near Eastern Studies and International Relations, Institute of Asia and Africa, Tbilisi, Georgia
Publications:
8 Articles
Membership: NA
Joined SPECTRUM: December 2009
Sergey Sargsyan, LTC.(Ret)
Senior Analyst
E-mail: ssargsyan@spectrum.am
Areas of expertise:
dynamics of political and military processes in the South Caucasus and the Middle East, international terrorism, local conflicts
Current Themes:
Iran in Focus; Energy Security
Current Projects:
“In Depth Analysis” Policy Papers (since January 2005)
Completed Project:
The South Caucasus: Regional Security and Stability
Education:
May – August 2002 Leader’s Program, George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
1981 – 1987 Moscow High Technical School named after N. Bauman
Publications: Author of about 10 articles. Co-editor of 6 collections of articles, published by SPECTRUM
Membership:
Since 2007 – PfP Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes (Combating Terrorism WG)
Joined SPECTRUM: April 2004
Dr. Vladimir Vardanyan
Senior Researcher
Head of International Treaties Department of Legal Advisory Service,
Staff of the Constitutional Court of RA
Professor of Public International Law, Yerevan State University (Department of Law)
E-mail: vladimirvardanyan@gmail.com
Areas of expertise:
Public International Law, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Treaties, Law of State Responsibility, Constitutional Law
Current Projects:
State Responsibility for Genocide
Completed Projects:
Strengthening of the Democratic Structures and Rule of Law in Armenia
Education:
2002-2005 PhD in Public International Law, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, RA
2000-2002 Master’s degree in Law topic “Legal Status of Permanent Representations of States at International
Organizations” Yerevan State University (Department of Law), Yerevan, RA
1996-2000 Bachelor’s degree in Law, Yerevan State University (Department of Law), Yerevan, RA
Publications: 5 articles
Membership:
Armenian Bar Association
Center of Constitutional Law of the Republic of Armenia
Armenian Association of International Law
Joined SPECTRUM: June 2006